Alabama women can be prosecuted for taking abortion pills trends now
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Women in Alabama may be prosecuted for taking abortion pills as the federal government makes access easier, including in states where the procedure is banned.
Attorney General Steve Marshall confirmed on Tuesday that officials are looking into enforcing the chemical endangerment of a child law that protects children from meth lab fumes by extending the law to include fetuses killed by abortion pills.
The state nearly barred abortions following the overturn of Roe v. Wade year when officials set a termination law that targeted abortion providers rather than the woman receiving the procedure.
But now, Marshall is threatening to implement a loophole through the chemical endangerment law to punish women who take the pill.
'The Human Life Protection Act targets abortion providers, exempting women ‘upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed’ from liability under the law,' Marshall said in an email to AL.
'It does not provide an across-the-board exemption from all criminal laws, including the chemical-endangerment law—which the Alabama Supreme Court has affirmed and reaffirmed protects unborn children.'
Steve Marshall, Alabama Attorney General, threatened to prosecute women who take abortion pills for child endangerment. The federal government made it easier last week for women to receive access to the pills, including in states where the procedure is prohibited
