Alabama Joins States Passing Bills Regulating Abortion Clinics
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Alabama is joining six other U.S. states to require that doctors performing abortions have hospital admitting privileges, which the law describes as a safety measure and opponents say is an effort to close clinics.
The Republican-led legislature passed the measure April 2. Republican Governor Robert Bentley, a physician, is expected to sign the so-called Women’s Health and Safety Act after reviewing it, said his spokeswoman, Jennifer Ardis.