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jueves, 16 de mayo de 2019

Is America on the brink of banning abortion?

The Alabama senate has voted on a bill to ban most abortions
The Alabama senate has voted on a bill to ban most abortions CREDIT: SAUL LOEB /AFP
Alabama’s Senate has just approved the most draconian move against abortion to pass US legislature this year - outlawing it in almost all circumstances and threatening doctors with a century in prison for carrying out a termination.
How has this happened in 2019 - and what is next?
The legislation must still be signed by the state governor, but her support is expected. It follows a raft of other state level enactments, such as that in Georgia, against abortion -  known as foetal heartbeat bills - banning it from around six weeks of pregnancy when cardiac activity can be detected. This is before many women even know they are pregnant.
But that’s the point: it is effectively a ban on most abortions...

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