Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week, Alabama’s abortion ban went into effect, and several questions remain about the new state law.
Alabama Rally Against Injustice march for reproductive rights in BirminghamShortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week, Alabama’s abortion ban went into effect -- a law only authorizing an abortion to be performed when the health of the mother is in danger and criminalizing the act in all other cases.The state’s top law enforcement official is still weighing the legality of such a case.
Last week, state Rep. Chris England, D-Huntsville, who doubles as the chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party, tweeted a section of Alabama law separate from the abortion ban to argueEngland was referring to Section 13A-4-4 of the Alabama Code governing “conspiracy formed in this state to commit crime elsewhere indictable here.”
“So someone that aids and abets or participates in a conspiracy to facilitate the performance of an abortion or an attempt can’t be charged with conspiracy?” England responded. “Also, there is no ‘we’ in that scenario. For now, the woman can’t be charged but the person that aids and abets can.”
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