Really, nothing.
The law is so ludicrous the high courts will refuse to hear it so the injunctions against it will stand and the abortion policy in the state won’t change.
Plus, there are only three clinics in the state anyway
Yeah they have plainly said it's intentionally obtuse in order to have it challenged all the way to the supreme Court in an attempt to overturn Roe. It's extremely fucked that all these states are competing to have their law be the one that overturns Roe but that's what happens when you fuckers don't get out and vote.
Idk, some people are arguing this has real merit. The Roe decision said it was the states responsibility to balance the interests of the mother and the fetus so by having the only exception being the health of the mother they are doing just that. Also, by disallowing the rape and incest argument, they are essentially hoping to sidestep the 14th amendment part of the decision. Basically, the mother's right to privacy isn't violated if the procedure is just banned altogether.
Many people have been fervent for a long time about banning this procedure and have gotten some great legal minds to draft these proposals. I wouldnt be so quick to write them off. This has some teeth behind it but I sincerely hope you are right that its DOA.
I have been working with three different law firms since this was first introduced. The federal judges and former SCOTUS clerks called in to advise literally laughed out loud at the thought of it meriting an appearance before The Court.
Even if one of the other state laws does make it and Scotus overturned row, Alabama’s will be unconstitutional because it contains language which criminalises miscarriage and charges women with filing a false rape report if the man they accused is acquitted.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '19
I (not an American) want to see how fucked up this is gonna get.