anti-abortion law

Health / National

Sen. Britt joins bill to require medical residents opt in to abortion training

The Conscious Protections for Medical Residents Act would replace the current opt-out system with an opt-in requirement for specific procedures.

Wesley Walter

December 3, 2025

Opinion

IVF is as pro-life as it gets and the Legislature is committed to protecting it

Our people believe in fostering a culture of life, and for many parents, IVF was the miracle that led to their greatest blessing.

Nathaniel Ledbetter

March 11, 2024

Fact check: Katie Britt’s campaign calls foul on ad claiming she’s pro-abortion

“The ad is an embarrassing lie and a sign of a crumbling, desperate campaign,” Sean Ross, Britt’s spokesman, told APR.

Eddie Burkhalter

May 16, 2022

Opinion

Another chapter in the ‘We Dare Defend Our Wrongs’ files

Alabama is so often on the wrong side of history that one has to wonder if that’s intentional. Are we doing it on purpose, like a bratty child who is bad just to get attention? The federal courts had to make Alabama do the right thing during the Jim Crow years and civil rights movement. … Continued

Joey Kennedy

January 10, 2020

Planned Parenthood moves on with new Alabama location despite new anti-abortion law

Planned Parenthood does not care about your anti-abortion law. The nonprofit organization, which serves millions of women annually, is continuing with its plans for a 10,000-square foot clinic in downtown Birmingham, despite Alabama’s recently passed ban on all abortions, except those to save the life of the mother. “We are a doctor that Birmingham has … Continued

Josh Moon

June 19, 2019

Opinion

Alabama has one of the nation’s strongest campus free-speech laws?

Alabama has been in the news lately for recently passing the nation’s strongest anti-abortion rights law, but it also just enacted what is being hailed by one expert as “one of the most comprehensive and effective campus free-speech laws in the country,” Last week Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law requiring the state’s public colleges … Continued

J. Pepper Bryars

June 18, 2019

Opinion

“Progressive” is not a bad word

After I wrote a controversial column a few years ago that received a gaggle of ad hominem attacks from characteristically inarticulate readers, a friend of mine from the Northeast texted me: “Joey, you and Veronica need to move to a blue state. It’ll add 10 years to your life.” In today’s crippled, dying world, I … Continued

Joey Kennedy

June 6, 2019

Opinion

Examining the “sanctity of life” in Alabama

We cannot give Alabama lawmakers (mostly men) and Gov. Kay Ivey a pass on their flippant claim they revere life, as they say they demonstrated in passing the nation’s most strict and unconstitutional anti-abortion law. Claiming they care a whit about the “sanctity of life” demonstrates total cynicism and disrespect to their constituents. Much of … Continued

Joey Kennedy

May 30, 2019