Judge Blocks Alabama Law Banning Abortions, Pro-lifers Plan to Appeal to Supreme Court

Calvin Freiburger : Oct 30, 2019
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"Our law was designed to overturn Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court level, and today's ruling is merely the first of many steps on that legal journey. I remain confident that our mission will be successful and appreciate the support of millions of citizens who support our effort to preserve unborn life." -Republican state Rep. Terri Collins

[LifeSiteNews.com] Alabama's ban on virtually all abortions will not take effect on November 15 as planned, thanks to a preliminary injunction issued Tuesday by US District Judge Myron Thompson. (Image: Screengrab via YouTube)

In May, Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, which criminalizes abortion for any reason other than to "avert (a mother's) death or to avert serious risk of substantial physical impairment of a major bodily function," or "if a second physician who is licensed in Alabama as a psychiatrist" diagnoses a "serious mental illness" with a "reasonable medical judgment that she will engage in conduct that could result in her death or the death of her unborn child."

Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates and the state chapter of the left-wing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) went to court to stop the law, and Thompson issued a temporary block on its enforcement on Tuesday, AL.com reports... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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