Alabama House committee approves bill banning abortion-inducing medications [View all]
Source: The Montgomery Adviser
An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved a bill that would ban the use of medication in inducing abortions.
The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill, sponsored by Rep. Andrew Sorrell, R-Muscle Shoals, on a voice vote after a brief debate. It would make it a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, for a doctor to prescribe medication that would induce an abortion.
"I did not realize until one year ago that four out of 10 abortions today are committed with chemical abortion pills," Sorrell said. "We think of abortion as going to an abortion facility and having a surgical abortion. But the new trend in abortion is chemical abortion."
Kaitlin Welborn, an attorney with the ACLU in Alabama, condemned the legislation.
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