Hundreds march in Ala. to protest new abortion law
Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the Alabama Capitol on Sunday to protest the state’s newly approved abortion ban, chanting “My body, my choice!” and “Vote them out!”
The demonstration came days after Gov. Kay Ivey signed the most stringent abortion law in the nation— making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases unless necessary for the mother’s health. The law provides no exception for rape and incest.
“Banning abortion does not stop abortion. It stops safe abortion,” Staci Fox, CEO and president of Planned Parenthood Southeast, said at the protest.