A bill making it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion passed in the Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday 74 to 3, the Birmingham News reports. The bill “does not include any exceptions for instances of rape or incest, which has garnered criticism from both pro- and anti-abortion groups.” Makes sense, without incest they will be extinct.
A lot of dumb asses in Alabama. Women should just move out it's not a great place to live. Amazing these kind of cultures still exist in the US.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said that he opposes a new Alabama law that outlaws virtually all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest, arguing that it “goes further than I believe,” the Washington Post reports. Said McCarthy: “I believe in exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother, and that’s what I’ve voted on.”
When lawmakers, politicians, activists, and/or various eccentric special interest groups succeed in creating these ridiculous laws and try to control people's lives in this way, perhaps the solution really is for people to move out of state. Living in Alabama is no longer safe for women and girls in child bearing years. It is particularly dangerous to minors who will essentially be forced into decisions they do not want by unseen mostly male community leaders who will not support them financially or emotionally in any way. It's amazing how parts of the US are moving backwards socially.
This is actually pretty progressive. I've argued that marriage is a religious ceremony that should have no lawful meaning. What Alabama has done is done away with that aspect and made marriage a "civil Union" requiring only paperwork. This is the way it's done pretty much every 1st world country Since gay weddings are to be on equal footing with straight ones, Alabama will make all weddings meaningless. Alabama should be amended to abolish any requirement that couples getting married obtain marriage licenses — or have even have wedding ceremonies at all. Now, those wishing to marry can just fill out some forms, submit them to the probate office, and emerge as spouse and spouse. Easy peasy
“Today the state of Alabama marks the birthday of Jefferson Davis, who served as president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865. A state holiday, state offices are closed throughout Alabama. Davis, who at one point owned more than 100 slaves, led a government resting on the principle of white supremacy.” In response, the Montgomery Advertiser published “the testimonies of nine African Americans held in human bondage, all interviewed in Alabama in 1937.”
It is not enough to say Jefferson Davis owned slaves, because we have holidays for George Washignton and monuments to Thomas Jefferson, two of my favorite President's and political thinkers despite their bad social past. The more accurate problem is that a person who commanded a rebellion against the government and is being held up as a symbol today of a hero to the South because he also supported white supremacy is the bigger issue. The slave owning pasts of GW and TJ have been made a part of their history and condemned and put in its proper place in history. Their homes have become museums on slavery as much as their Presidency. But in many parts of the South, the Civil War loss was a great tragedy and freeing the slaves still stings to this day and those "heroes" are still praised and revered...