The first bill could close two of the state’s abortion clinics, and both will likely land the state in federal court.
The clinic bill, sponsored by Sen. Paul Sanford, R-Huntsville, prevents abortions clinics from locating near K-8 schools. The bill would likely lead to the closure of the Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives in Huntsville and could also force the closure of the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa. The two clinics accounted for 72 percent of all the abortion procedures in Alabama in 2014.
“It’s targeted directly at access to reproductive choices and a woman’s right to choose,” said Dalton Johnson, the administrator of the Alabama’s Women’s Center in Huntsville.
