Alabama Abortion

Earlier this month, the Alabama state Senate passed a bill that will become the strictest abortion legislation in the nation.  The passing of the Alabama legislation coincides with a dozen of other states that have attempted to pass or passed stricter abortion legislation.  Georgia's Governor signed a bill that would make performing an abortion illegal once a heartbeat is detected.  Ohio and Mississippi have passed similar legislation, however, those bills are expected to face litigation in the Supreme Court.

The only difference between Georgia's law and Alabama's law is Georgia's newly signed law would change the time period from twenty weeks to six weeks of pregnancy as the acceptable time to perform an abortion.  The only problem with this is women do not know that they are pregnant six weeks into their pregnancy.  Alabama's House and Senate have sent a bill to Governor Kay Ivey's desk that would ban nearly all abortions at any stage of pregnancy unless the mother is in physical or mental danger.

The legislation signed by the Georgia Governor allows abortion in the cases of rape and incest, however, the pregnancy must be at twenty weeks or less, and there must be a police report filed about the alleged rape and incest.

The only problem with Alabama's legislation is that there is no exemption for rape and incest.  This causes many troubles because many of the victims of incest are very young children.  Going through childbirth could prove detrimental to their future, mental health, and physical health.