Alabama’s bill does not. But that draconian nature of the bill is its point — because its sponsors aren’t just looking to prohibit abortion in Alabama. Laws designed with a specific Supreme Court outcome in mind will focus on the issues most likely to lead to that outcome. So the debate over the abortion bill and what, if any, exceptions it would include has been a matter primarily for Republicans’ internal deliberation. She has said she will kill the bill if it includes the amendments because “it won’t go to the Supreme Court.” The bill as written, directly and intentionally, challenges Roe v. Wade.

Source: Washington Post May 14, 2019 20:51 UTC