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WASHINGTON – Alabama late yesterday took a big step closer to becoming the fifth state to ban dismemberment abortions, as the state House of Representatives approved the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Act (SB 363), 74-26. The state Senate had already...
By Dave Andrusko On an overwhelming and bipartisan vote, the Alabama Senate Tuesday passed The Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Act , by 30 to 2. Sponsored by state Sen. Phil Williams SB 363 had passed out of the Senate Health Committee last week by a vote...
SB 363, the Alabama Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act, sponsored by Sen. Phil Williams (R), passed out of the Senate Health Committee Wednesday by an overwhelming vote of 11-1. The vote followed a spirited public hearing. Thanks go to Sen. Gerald Dial...
Alabama State Rep. Mack Butler has introduced the Alabama Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act. HB376 will receive a public hearing in the House Health Committee, thanks to Chairwoman April Weaver (R- Shelby). A hearing has been scheduled for...
By Dave Andrusko While unpleasant (and incorrectly decided), the decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson falls into the category of tidying up pro-abortion business. In a 53-page decision, Judge Thompson permanently struck down a part of Alabama’s...
By Dave Andrusko On Wednesday U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson, the same judge who overturned an Alabama law that required abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, ordered the state to immediately restore Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood....
By Dave Andrusko Without issuing an opinion on the merits, the Alabama Supreme Court Friday reinstated a lawsuit brought by the parents of a minor girl who allege that the parents of their daughter's former boyfriend took their daughter to New York in 2011 for an...
By Dave Andrusko If, as is often said, three makes a trend, Thursday’s decision by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood is especially good news. It means that in less than a week, three states have cut funding to affiliates of...
By Dave Andrusko JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL-- Jefferson County deputies told WBRC that a newborn baby girl is in good condition after her 15-year-old mother left her outside a neighbor’s home in extremely cold weather for two hours. The girl had hidden her pregnancy...
By Dave Andrusko When last we discussed the status of abortion in the state of Alabama, Attorney General Luther Strange had just said his office would appeal the decision by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson that overturned an Alabama law requiring...