Amid Chaos, Alabama Senate Postpones Vote On Nation's Strictest Abortion Ban
Shouting broke out on the floor when a rape and incest exemption was removed without a roll call vote. "I want the people of the state of Alabama to know how we vote," said a Democratic state senator.
by Laurel Wamsley
May 10, 2019
2 minutes
A vote on what would be the country's most restrictive abortion ban was postponed in the Alabama Senate on Thursday, after chaos erupted over the stripping of an amendment to allow exceptions in the case of rape or incest.
Shouting broke out on the Senate floor when the rape and incest exemption was removed without a roll call vote. Troy Public Radio's Kyle Gassiott reports from Montgomery: "Democrats loudly challenged Republicans,
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