[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S2848]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                Abortion

  Mr. President, on the Alabama abortion bill, last night the 
Republican Alabama Senate passed, perhaps, the most draconian abortion 
law in the country. It bans abortion in every stage of pregnancy, 
imposes criminal penalties--criminal penalties--on any doctor who 
performs one, and includes no exception in the case of rape or incest, 
even if the victim is a child. If a child is raped, they have to have 
the baby.
  The Alabama bill is as extreme as it gets. It is a clear attack on 
women's freedom. It contravenes a woman's constitutional right to make 
private medical decisions. It would deeply harm women, turn doctors 
into criminals, and deny the right of rape victims, even if they are 
children, to make personal medical decisions.
  The Alabama abortion bill is plainly inhumane. It should never have 
passed. The Governor should not sign it. If she does, it ought to be 
swiftly struck down by the courts.