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| These 25 Republicans – all white men – just voted to ban abortion in Alabama | These 25 Republicans – all white men – just voted to ban abortion in Alabama |
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| Alabama’s new law mandating an almost blanket ban on abortion, the strictest in the United States, was passed by this group of exclusively white, male politicians. | Alabama’s new law mandating an almost blanket ban on abortion, the strictest in the United States, was passed by this group of exclusively white, male politicians. |
| The Alabama law will disproportionately affect black and poor women, because they are more likely to seek abortions, and less likely to have resources to obtain an abortion out-of-state. | The Alabama law will disproportionately affect black and poor women, because they are more likely to seek abortions, and less likely to have resources to obtain an abortion out-of-state. |
| Of the 27 Republicans, all white men, that dominate the 35-seat Alabama senate, 25 voted to pass the bill late on Tuesday. | Of the 27 Republicans, all white men, that dominate the 35-seat Alabama senate, 25 voted to pass the bill late on Tuesday. |
| This is what the Republican leadership group in the senate looks like, as presented on their caucus’s website: | This is what the Republican leadership group in the senate looks like, as presented on their caucus’s website: |
| These are the remaining 20 members of the Republican caucus who voted to ban abortion: | These are the remaining 20 members of the Republican caucus who voted to ban abortion: |
| There are only four women in the Alabama senate, who are among the eight-strong Democratic party minority in the upper chamber of the state legislature. | There are only four women in the Alabama senate, who are among the eight-strong Democratic party minority in the upper chamber of the state legislature. |
| Two Republicans did not vote. | Two Republicans did not vote. |
| The legislation makes abortion a crime at any stage of pregnancy, with the only exception for a serious threat to the health of the woman. | The legislation makes abortion a crime at any stage of pregnancy, with the only exception for a serious threat to the health of the woman. |
| Which states are seeking to make abortion illegal and who is behind it? | Which states are seeking to make abortion illegal and who is behind it? |
| Alabama’s legislature is 15.7% women overall, the sixth lowest state in the country, compared to 28.7% of state legislators nationally. The senate has an even lower proportion of women at 11.4%. | Alabama’s legislature is 15.7% women overall, the sixth lowest state in the country, compared to 28.7% of state legislators nationally. The senate has an even lower proportion of women at 11.4%. |
| The Democratic minority leader, Bobby Singleton, took note of the imbalance while objecting to the abortion bill. He said: “You’ve got 27 men over on the other side ready to tell women what they can do with their bodies.” | |
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