Alabama Fetal Pain Abortion Ban Goes Into Effect Today

One day after news surfaced that a similar law in Idaho would become the subject of the first lawsuitagainst such a measure, Albama officials are putting into effect a new law banning abortions based on fetal pain.
Governor Robert Bentley signed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act into law in June and the bill protects unborn children capable of feeling pain and bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy as a result. State lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for the measure, which also requires abortion practitioners to give information about the abortions they do to the state health department so it can compile a more accurate data set about the abortions that take place in Alabama annually.
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