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Alabama mayor apologizes for Facebook post about killing gay people

Jun 5, 2019

The mayor of a small town in Alabama has apologized after posting on Facebook that the only way to reclaim... Read more

An unborn baby at 20 weeks.

Alabama outlaws abortion, setting up Supreme Court Roe v. Wade challenge

May 14, 2019

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law Wednesday a bill that will outlaw nearly all abortion in the state. The... Read more

Doctor reading test results of pregnant woman by ultrasound.

State abortion battles continue in Rhode Island, Michigan, Alabama

May 14, 2019

Several states are considering new abortion measures, as the nation-wide trend of legislatures passing new laws to restrict or entrench... Read more

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Alabama senate delays final vote on abortion bill; rape and incest exception removed

May 10, 2019

The Alabama Senate has delayed a vote on a bill to outlaw abortion, following a disagreement between Republican and Democratic... Read more

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Alabama bill to send abortion doctors to jail sets up Supreme Court fight

May 3, 2019

The Human Life Protection Act would mean doctors who perform abortion could face years in prison.  Read more

Alabama bill would ban all abortions except for 'serious health risk'

Apr 3, 2019

By Perry West

New legislation in Alabama would ban all abortions in the state, except in cases where the mother faces a “serious... Read more

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Why one Alabama man is suing on behalf of an aborted fetus

Mar 9, 2019

By Jonah McKeown

In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the United States, an attorney will represent... Read more

Botched execution shows death penalty must end, Catholic group says

Mar 13, 2018

By Christine Rousselle

As a death row inmate in Alabama sues the state over a botched execution last month, a Catholic advocacy group... Read more