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May 16, 2019The governor of Alabama, the Republican Key Ivey, has signed the measure that outlawed abortion in the state, even in cases of rape and incest. The only exception is if the mother is in serious danger of life. Alabama is America's most restrictive abortion law against which a flurry of appeals have already been announced. It is the "strong testimony" of the belief "that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God", declared the governor via Twitter, announcing that she had signed the measure.   

Anti-abortionists aim to question the "Roe versus Wade" ruling in which the US Supreme Court, in 1973, legalized abortion at the federal level. In the highest US judicial body, where President Donald Trump has appointed two judges (Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh), the conservatives are mostly 5 to 4. Ivey acknowledged that the Alabama ban can be blocked for the 'Roe against Wade 'but assured that "the day will come when the Supreme Court will have to review this important issue." The Alabama law, which provides for up to 99 years in prison for doctors who terminate pregnancy, should come into effect in six months if it is not stopped by the courts where Trump placed his 106th conservative judge just yesterday. Abortion thus returns to the center of the 2020 presidential campaign. "This attempt by Alabama" and 29 other American states "is an attack on women's reproductive freedom and our fundamental civil rights," thundered the Senator of New York Kirsten Gillibrand, among the 22 Democratic presidential candidates. Former Vice President Joe Biden, also in the running, has observed that these laws in contrast to the "Roe against Wade" should be declared unconstitutional. "The choice must remain with the woman and her doctor," said Biden, echoed by the White House dem rival Bernie Sanders. "Abortion is a constitutional right," said the Senator from Vermont. Ex former first lady Hillary Clinton also intervened on the issue, denouncing an attack "on women's life and freedom" and pop star Lady Gaga, saying they were outraged and indicate how the penalties for doctors who practice abortion are more severe than those intended for rapists.