Bill to put abortion ban in Alabama Constitution advances

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: AL.com

Bill to put abortion ban in Alabama Constitution advances

By Mike Cason | [e-mail]
https://twitter.com/MikeCasonAL
on April 12, 2017 at 1:30 PM

A proposal to place the right to life of the unborn in the Alabama Constitution is a step away from going to voters for approval.

The Senate Health Committee approved the proposed constitutional amendment on an 8-2 vote. It moves to the Senate.

If approved by at least 21 of the 35 senators, it would go to voters in a statewide referendum.

The Alabama amendment would come into play if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which said women have a constitutional right to abortion.

Read more: http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/04/bill_to_put_abortion_ban_in_al.html

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Guess where this is headed.

Bill to put abortion ban in Alabama Constitution advances http://s.al.com/2XgUNCU #alpolitics

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[Archae]

1. North Carolina is debating a gay marriage ban that would defy the Supreme Court.

Can we wall off one state, and let the Jesus freaks take it over?

NC Bill To Defy Supreme Court On Marriage Reflects Broader Right-Wing Nullification Campaign

A group of Republican legislators in North Carolina introduced a bill on Tuesday calling on the state to defy the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell ruling on marriage equality. The legislation would have the General Assembly declare that the Supreme Court’s decision “is null and void in the State of North Carolina.” The bill asserts that the Supreme Court “overstepped its constitutional bounds” and “also exceeds the authority of the Court relative to the decree of Almighty God that ‘a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.’” North Carolina voters passed a constitutional amendment banning marriage for same-sex couples in 2012.

State Reps. Larry Pittman, Michael Speciale and Carl Ford are listed as the bill’s primary sponsors; one news report adds Mike Clampitt to the list of supporters, while another adds Mark Brody. WHCL in Chapel Hill was among the outlets noting that the bill is unlikely to pass, adding this tidbit: “Two of the three legislators who sponsored HB780 also filed a bill earlier this year seeking to remove the provision from North Carolina’s constitution that would prevent the state from seceding.” (That bill was introduced by Pittman, Speciale and George Cleveland.)

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/nc-bill-to-defy-supreme-court-on-marriage-reflects-broader-right-wing-nullification-campaign/

[BigDemVoter]

9. WHEN are we going to be able to fucking BAN fundamentalist Christianity?

PERMANENTLY.

[Archae]

10. We can't. We do have the 1rst Amendment.

But they are slowly burning themselves out.

[shenmue]

2. No no no fuck no no no

[ehrnst]

3. Just waiting until after Gorsuch was placed in SCOTUS

This law is meant to be challenged all the way to SCOTUS.

Hopefully the Federal courts will throw it out, and then SCOTUS will refuse to hear it.

[n2doc]

4. Dark Times n/t

[OldHippieChick]

5. Have to thank Alabama for deflecting some

of the negative attention away from North Carolina.

[riversedge]

6. two peas in a rotten pod!

[William769]

7. Wouldn't Roev. Wade override that?

[BigDemVoter]

8. My apologies to the 10 liberals who live in Alabama.

But I fucking HATE your state.

[King_Klonopin]

11. This is not completely about Christian fundamentalism

This grandstanding is about motivating the fundies and the
republican base, to get them to the polls for the midterm elections.

I bet we will see a lot of this phony legislative crap -- especially in
states where a Congressional seat is contested. Repubs know that
bills like these will be shot down on the basis of Constitutional violations,
but their real motive is that they need to fire up the yahoos in 2018.

They did it recently in Ohio.