Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she expects the courts to overturn Alabama’s draconian new abortion law, which almost entirely bans the procedure in the state, including for victims of rape and incest. Kay Ivey (R) signed the nation’s strictest abortion bill into law on Wednesday, a day after the state’s Senate voted 25-6 to pass it. “Obviously it’s not something I would ever vote for,” said Collins, one of just two Republicans in the Senate who publicly support abortion rights. She said she hopes the legislation will prompt the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that made abortion legal in all 50 states. President Donald Trump stated repeatedly that he would nominate Supreme Court justices with the intention of overturning Roe v. Wade.

Source: Huffington Post May 16, 2019 16:41 UTC