Michael Kimbro hopes to test the legality of providing offshore abortions inside charter boats floating in the Gulf of Mexico near Alabama.
are calling on a special session to soften the state law
But Daniels and others are pointing the August 2 results in Kansas as an indicator that voters, even in conservative states, do not support abortion bans.“Kansas was certainly encouraging,” said state Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile. “It’s a red state.”While U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl, R-Mobile, said he believes the Kansas results will “give Democrats something to talk about,” he believes that voters, come November, will be focused on economic issues.
He also noted that Kansas has a different history of election Democrats to statewide office. The current Kansas governor, Laura Kelly, is a Democrat. Alabama has not elected a Democratic governor since Don Siegelman in 1998.Drummond in Mobile says she is hopeful some of the freshman lawmakers, when they are sworn into office in early 2023, will be open to exceptions.
“Definitely, we should be speaking for the unborn,” said Fidler. “I’m a strong proponent for that. I’m also a strong proponent for women in general in that there has to be help for these young females that find themselves carrying a baby. We just have to be supportive of both.” National polling suggests a strong majority of Americans support abortion rights in the U.S., though a wide gap persists between Democratic and Republican voters.showed a 61% majority of U.S. adults saying that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 37% believe it should be illegal.