Alabama recently became the 5th state to ban an abortion
procedure that requires the unborn child to be dismembered in the womb before
it is removed. Republican Governor
Robert Bentley signed the bill week before last, having Alabama join Kansas,
Mississippi, Oklahoma, and West Virginia in banning dismemberment abortions.
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be
unlawful for any individual to purposely perform or attempt to perform a
dismemberment abortion and thereby kill an unborn child unless necessary to
prevent serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother,” reads Senate Bill
363 or the “Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act.” The bill required strong support from both the
chambers: the Senate approved it in a vote of 30-2 and the House of
Representatives approved it 74-26.
Alabama Citizens for Life National Director Cheryl Ciamarra
praised the new law. “Governor Robert
Bentley is to be commended for his action in signing into law the Unborn Child
Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act, which will prohibit this barbaric
inhumanity in our state,” said Ciamarra in a statement. She went on to say, “We appreciate the
exceptional leadership of Senator Phil Williams and Representatives Mack Butler
for spearheading the enactment of this landmark lifesaving legislation.”
Louisiana’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a
similar legislation in late April. “Louisiana
has a long history of protecting the most vulnerable members of our society — unborn
children. HB 1081 will further advance
that cherished tradition,” wrote Republican Representative Mike Johnson, who
introduced Louisiana’s HB 1081. He
added, “This legislation will protect unborn babies by ending the barbaric
practice of dismemberment abortion in our state.”
The Psalmist, King David, said: “For You [God] created my
inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb … My frame was not
hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together
in the depths of the earth.” (Psalm 139:13, 15)
Rev. Dr.
Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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