Measure on the ballot in the 2018 Alabama 2018 General Election in Alabama.
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Get StartedA "yes" vote amends Alabama’s Constitution to say that the state will not protect rights to abortion but that it will protect unborn children.
A "no" vote would reject any change to Alabama’s Constitution. The constitutional status of abortion would remain the same in the state.
According to Tuscaloosa News, this amendment protects the right to life of unborn children. , in support of Amendment 2 (Learn more)
According to Mary Sell of the Times Daily, this amendment is an attack on the reproductive and medical rights of women. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the amendment allows all abortion in Alabama to be outlawed, even in cases of rape and incest., in opposition to Amendment 2 (Learn more)
According to the Times Daily, the proposed amendment will have no practical effect right now, as abortion is still legal at a federal level., in opposition to Amendment 2 (Learn more)
Passing the amendment would ensure that state policy is clear in case Roe v. Wade, a federal Supreme Court case which guarantees a right to abortion, is overturned. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the proposed amendment would not leave the Constitution up to interpretation and would proactively ban abortion in Alabama., in support of Amendment 2 (Learn more)
This measure would change the Alabama Constitution to clarify that nothing in it secures or protects a right to abortion. It would also set the goal of the state to protect and defend the rights of unborn children.
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