Justices won’t revive Alabama ban on abortion procedure
Jun 28, 2019 | 7:45 AM
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t revive Alabama’s ban on the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions. The measure has been blocked by lower courts.
The justices on Friday rejected the state’s appeal in which it sought to enforce a law enacted in 2016 that bans the abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall calls the procedure “dismemberment abortion.”
Courts have blocked similar laws in Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.
Court records show 93 per cent of abortions in Alabama occur before 15 weeks of pregnancy. For the 7 per cent of abortions that occur later, 99 per cent are by dilation and evacuation.
