The bill does not include exceptions for rape or incest; abortions would be permitted only if the pregnant woman’s life were in danger. The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would ban nearly all abortions in the state. If the Alabama bill becomes law, it will be challenged in federal court and struck down, he said. He is still a person.”Johnston said he expected the state Senate to pass the bill and the governor to sign it. Reproductive rights groups say it is already difficult to get an abortion in Alabama, which has only three abortion clinics.

Source: Huffington Post April 30, 2019 22:49 UTC