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THE ALABAMA ANTI-ABORTION NUISANCE

Warpaint Editorial
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A woman’s life is tough in so many ways, but it gets even tougher when somebody else, be it the high and mighty judicial system of one’s own country make decisions about her basic rights. Once again, like every other time in the history, women rights were threatened.

I am talking about those dozens of states that have either passed or attempted to pass stricter abortion laws. Alabama became a part of this list, earlier this week when Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama passed the blasted anti-abortion bill. Feel free to call it the strictest abortion law in the country.  A week prior to that, Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed a “fetal heartbeat” bill that bans abortion after six weeks. Consider it a total ban, since most females who are pregnant won’t know about it sometime between fourth and seventh week. Two other states Ohio and Mississippi have passed legislation similar to Georgia. The bills, however, are expected to face litigation.

Funny thing! All those who ever expected to see these states progress anytime in the future, don’t hold your breath and do yourself a favour, since they just took million steps backwards.

The law only allows exceptions “to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother,” for ectopic pregnancy and if the “unborn child has a lethal anomaly.” Democrats re-introduced an amendment to exempt rape and incest victims, but the motion failed on an 11-21 vote. Can you believe that!! This certainly means that an 11 years old girl has to bear the child of her 30 years old rapist and has to relive everything all over again. And what is most depressing about all of this is that A WOMAN approved of such a sham bill and believes that this bill will change the state for better. By signing such a bill, she openly approved of a world where predatory men are practically empowered to commit sexual violence. At very least, rape and incest victims should be given the power to make such a decision, don’t you think?

So what they want you to conclude from such a law is that, Rape is illegal, incest is illegal too, but pregnancy by either is legally required to be kept to term. Also, Alabama allows a sentence upto 99 years in prison to any doctor convicted of providing an abortion.

Governor Kay Ivey took to Twitter and wrote,”Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, a bill that was approved by overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the Legislature, To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God.”

Measuring views on abortion is notoriously difficult because so much of how people respond depends on how pollsters ask the question. But one thing polls have consistently shown is that most people do not favour laws as strict as the Alabama measure. But here are a few of them.

 

I hope the governor of Alabama is listening to survivors of rape, incest, the death of a fetus. The physical and emotional changes that accompany pregnancy are almost unendurable once a doctor tells you, as mine told me, that the baby wouldn’t be born alive. Can you imagine being forced to go through pregnancy and delivery of a baby born to someone who survived a rape or became pregnant by incest? Does cruelty know no bounds? — Kathyb, Seattle

Alabama anti-abortion law is what is considered major development by a broader movement by abortion opponents and anti-abortion lawmakers, across the country emboldened by President Donald Trump. A 1973 Supreme Court decision in the landmark case of “Roe vs Wade” makes abortion legal but opponents, with anti-abortion law in effect are hoping to get the new conservative majority on the nation’s highest court to reverse the ruling.

The question now is, will the people witness, Roe vs Wade, a 46-year-old precedent that protects a woman’s right terminate her pregnancy, being slashed down? Will they be able to digest or outlive yet another traumatic attack on their rights and freedom?

 

If this ban was in effect back then, when I needed my abortion, I know that I would not have been able to carry my rapist’s child. I would have either had some sort of unsafe abortion or I would have ended my life, if i’m being frank. —– Blakely

Many celebrities outraged by the Alabama anti-abortion law took to twitter and other social media sites expressing their views. 

You know why it was so tough to write this particular article? Well, because it gets so infuriating to write about one same thing over and over again. Only with different incidents and references but with one same crux, “ Women getting oppressed” “Women getting stripped of their rights” “Women struggling yet still fighting”. This world has been cruel to this particular gender since forever. Women have fought these oppressions bravely. And we have made so much progress in so many ways but sadly, this fight is far from over. It wouldn’t be too presumptuous of me to say that you agree with me on this.

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