JUST IN: Planned Parenthood and ACLU sue in federal court over Alabama's near-total abortion ban.
Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union announced Friday that they have filed a federal lawsuit over, which makes nearly all instances of performing an abortion a felony.
Randall Marshall, the executive director of ACLU’s Alabama chapter, said the lawsuit is designed to ensure the abortion bill “never takes effect.” Kolbi-Molinas called the law “blatantly unconstitutional,” and the suit states that by criminalizing abortions the Alabama statute “directly conflicts” with Roe v. Wade.
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