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2020 ADPH report details demographics of Alabama residents obtaining abortions

The report details information including the age, race and education level of every person who had an abortion in 2020.

July 6, 2022

The loaded language of the abortion debate

Abortion is already one of the most difficult issues of our time, and loaded language makes it even harder to find common ground.

July 1, 2022

Roe v. Wade reversal puts Alabama in uncharted territory

Abortion rights advocates say there is confusion on the new legal landscape, and even the author of Alabama's 2019 ban said there are unknowns.

July 1, 2022

Mobile DA candidate says she would use discretion when enforcing abortion law

Donald said district attorneys are the "last decision-making point" and that their discretion includes "what cases to prosecute."

June 28, 2022

Abortion rights advocates speak out against Roe v. Wade reversal

The abortion rights advocates say they will continue working to help Alabama women access abortions in other states and work to reestablish a right to abortion.

June 28, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

A 2019 Alabama law is expected to soon be allowed to take effect, banning abortions in almost all cases.

June 24, 2022

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Yolanda Flowers backed by Democrats for Life

In an interview with APR, Flowers tended to oppose abortion legislation, instead suggesting the issue should be left to "God's judgment."

May 31, 2022

“Summer of rage” call for abortion rights protests, violent, legally protected

This is the best outcome in a democracy that’s committed to free speech.

May 24, 2022

Republicans are destroying the abortion debate by using it as a football

The politicization of abortion, and the hyperfocus on its legal status, has supremely damaged the debate of abortion on its merits.

May 23, 2022

Alabama is the nation’s conservative leader, but the best is yet to come

None of these accomplishments occurred because of simple luck, coincidence, or the stars happened to align in a precise path.

May 19, 2022