State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) has filed legislation to ban abortions in Alabama within two weeks of conception and hopes it will open a path to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling that made abortion legal in the U.S.
The legislation was drafted as a group effort by Collins, Rep. Rich Wingo (R-Tuscaloosa) and the Alabama Pro-Life Coalition and its attorney, Eric Johnston.
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