It's the first time Steve Marshall has targeted pregnant people, rather than providers, AL.com said.
. The abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol are not controlled substances, but the state already expanded the letter of the law, so it’s unlikely it will be restrained by it going forward.Emma Roth, a staff attorney at the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice, said in an emailed statement to Jezebel that Marshall’s intent “to weaponize the chemical endangerment law to criminalize patients for seeking abortion medication is extremely concerning and clearly unlawful.
Prosecutors have twisted state law to prosecute pregnant people and going after people who end their pregnancies with abortion pills would undermine the goals of lawmakers who passed the 2019 abortion ban, she said.“The Alabama legislature made clear its opposition to any such prosecution when it explicitly exempted patients from criminal liability under its abortion ban,” Rothin an email to AL.com.
She added that Pregnancy Justice will challenge any state attempt “to expand the chemical endangerment statute to criminalize the use of abortion medication.”
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