amy: doctors in alabama could soon face life in prison for performing abortions after alabama's governor signed a law effectively banning abortion in the state. we will go to huntsville to speak to one of the last doctors performing abortions in alabama. then we will look at a post-roe america would look like. the president trump overhauling the nation's immigration system to favor high skilled workers over i immigrantnts who hahave y ties to the united states. preses. trump: demococrats are proposing open borders, lower wages, and, frankly, lawless chaos. we're proposing an imimmigration planan that puputs the j jobs, , and safety of amameric workers first. amy: we will speak with two immigran r right activists who faceced possible deportation due to theirir activism. all that and more, coming up. wewelcome e to demococracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump has unveiled plans for a new so-called merit-based immigration system that would prioritize highly-skilled and english-speaking workers, while further restricting asylum seekers and im

but i'm also sort of from alabama. how can i be from alabama? because i am. this is about the stereotypes of alabama. when i say alabama, i specifically mean mobile. mobile is i best how jess was proposed to by justin. can you explain mobile to me? >> no. >> that's how i feel about mobile sometimes too. >> people outside of the southie it's the same, south carolina and mobile, alabama is the same. >> the way they talk is the biggest thing i've seen. >> it's redneck country. and here it's -- >> you say it. >> it's kind of uppity country. you know what that is? >> yes. uppity country. >> i will say that i've had the best bowl of shrimp and grits in mobile. >> was it near here? >> yes, right down the street at momma's? >> you ain't say nothing but a word. i'll see you late. rock, paper, scissors as soon as i get back. now i really our country has a complicated relationship with alabama and i get it. first of all, there's this. >> and i say segregation now, secogregation some and segregatn forever. >> we came way too close to center for this. >> let's break it do

state of alabama protesting against new legislation that criminalizes abortion almost all circumstances. they want to overturn women's reproductive rights across the country to hear from one of the bill's supporters also on the program. position to greet us 3 year transition to democracy and civilian governments has been one of the protesters came. the fall from the former president omar al bashir last. surrogacy business grandmother supplied thousands of euros for couples to do. welcome to the program. pro-choice groups in the united states have been protesting after lawmakers in the state of alabama approve the country's toughest abortion law the state senate voted $25.00 to $6.00 to outlaw abortion at any point on that any circumstances including right but incest there is an exception if the mother's life is in danger the controversial bill will not go to the state governor for signature . emotions were running high both outside the alabama legislature with pro-choice activists rallying against the bill and inside the state senate where lawmakers in gauged in fierce debate about why

state of alabama have been protesting against new legislation that criminalizes of caution in almost all circumstances will make does that make they want to overturn limited reproductive rights across the country we'll hear live from one of the bill's supporters also on the program. sudan's army of the opposition to agree on a 3 year transition to democracy civilian government house peter king demanded protesters after toppling a form of president obama out by shia last month. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. pro-choice groups in the united states have been protesting after lawmakers in the state of alabama approve the country's toughest abortion law the state senate voted $25.00 to $6.00 to outlaw abortion at any point and under any circumstances including rape and incest the only exception would be if the mother's life is in danger the controversial bill will now go to the state governor for signature. emotions were running high both outside the alabama legislature with pro-choice activists rallying against the bill and inside the state senate where lawmakers in gauged in fie

attorney for the northern district of alabama and professor at is the alabama school of law, an msnbc legal contributor. joyce vance, what happens next? >> well, next we'll see this alabama bill begin to face legal challenges. i suspect we'll also see an outpouring of protests, certainly in alabama where those protests have already been scheduled for this sunday. but i think also across the country. and therein alabama bill which is soda crohnian may spark nationwide focus on what's going on in this area. >> let's listen to what pat robertson had to say today because stacey fox, this may be the first time you find yourself agreeing with pat robertson, at least in part. let's listen to this. >> i think alabama has gone too far. they've passed a law that would give a 99-year prison sentence to people who commit abortion. there's no exception for rape or incest. it's an extreme law and they want to challenge roe versus wade but my humble view is that this is not the case we want to bring to the supreme court because i think this one will lose. >> stacey fox, how did alabama go farther th

welcome to alabama. >> reporter: the alabama bill essentially outlaws abortion from the moment a woman becomes pregnant. the only exception would be if her life was in danger. 31-year-old dena was there yesterday when the bill passed. >> i was, of course, shocked about the amount of ignorance and the amount of cowardice being displayed. >> reporter: she pointed that 25 who voted in favor all white men. >> i still want one of them to sit down and explain to me to my face after i explained my story, what it feels like to have choice ripped out from underneath you. >> reporter: she says she was 17 when she was raped. she says she was denied an abortion because the law said she was too far along, despite her doctor saying the fetus had a congenital brain defect. >> she said i know how unfair this must seem to you. and that there's nothing else to be done that we would have to see it through to the end. and that was it. >> reporter: the baby was born blind, deaf, intellectually stunted and living in incredible pain. >> i watched for a year as she slowly died in front of me. every single day

so this is a really catastrophic move by alabama and yes, they do wa nt move by alabama and yes, they do want the supreme court to reverse their landmark united states supreme court decision which said that a woman has a constitutional right to choose abortion at least at certain stages of her pregnancy. yes, there is that argument, that moves to limit abortion never really limit abortions, what tightening the law does is limit legal abortions, you end up with more illegal ones, more dangerous ones. yes, the ones hurt the most in alabama are poor women, young women like teenage women, girls who live in rural areas. they may not even... and women of colour... they may not have the money even for bus there to take a bus to another state where abortion is legal and affordable and available. and so either they will be. you take a pregnancy to term and deliver, i call it mandatory motherhood, compulsory pregnancy, or they will, you know... or have an illegal abortion, it's a terrible choice for anyone to make. obviously it's an attempt to control women and their lives and their future. the

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in montgomery, alabama. alabama is just one of an increasing number of states across america seeking to impose new restrictions on access to abortions. since the beginning of this year, 16 other states have filed or enacted bills to ban abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy — a time when many women might not even know they are pregnant. the governors of four states — georgia, kentucky, mississippi and ohio — have all signed their bills. alabama is the strictest yet, if the governor signs the bill it will become the law six months from now, though it's certain earlier, i got the reaction from cecile richards — she is a pro—choice activist and she is the former president of planned parenthood. to what extent did what happened in alabama last night portend a shift in america towards a county where abortion is banned? i think the vote in alabama last night was obviouslyjust part of a series of votes we have seen in state legislatures this year, and i think the danger in why women and families are

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it just passed in alabama. the alabama legislature effectively just banned abortion in the state making nearly every abortion a felony punishable by 99 years or life in prison for the doctor. republican backers pushed it forward with one goal -- overturn the ruling on roe v. wade which legalized abortions nationwide in 1973 and gave women the constitutional right to end a pregnancy >> that's the most important takeaway. the law is designed to force a ruling in the supreme court. with the new makeup of the court many analysts believe roe is in jeopar jeopardy. the alabama bill even bans abortions in the case of rape or ince incest. the governor has eight days to sign the bill into law and it is expected she will. victor blackwell has the details of the pivotal case >> it was a fiery four-hour debate on the alabama senate floor with one democrat saying this bill was so extreme maybe they should consider a castration bill next. in the end, this bill passed 26-5 overnight. the apro life activists say thi could be t

journal" on alabama public tft. television. thanks for joining us. hiat does law mean for the women of alabama? don: well, it's been a divisive issue here in the state this week, as you might imagine. those who oppose this abortion ban have said that f women it means possibleoo bac abortions from the days of yore and severe setbacks to women's reproductive health rights and those on the other side say it's about preserving life anden prng a test case they hope goes to the u.s. supreme court. : was that the legal strategy all along in alabama? we've heard advocates say it was, that they understand t kick -- they wanted to kick this issue to the highest court in the land. don: indeed. the sponsors of the legislation have said their ultimate goal was legal challenge, one they hope goes all the way to the supreme court andorces a review of the roe versus wade decision andhey said in keeping the abortion ban as restrictive as possible andus noted, it's heralded this week as the most restrictive in the country, keeping it

either an overreach by the alabama g.o.p. or some pretty intense viral marketing for the new season of "handmaid's tale. if a tv show has to become reality, why can't it be "star trek" so they can beam me off of this planet. ( applause ) under the alabama bill, doctors who perform, let's say, "guacamoles," would face felony jail time up to 99 years, if convicted. yep. they're going to throw them right in the alabama slammer for 99 years. let's see, it's 2019, so by the time those doctors get out of jail, in alabama, it will be 1895. ( laughter ) ( applause ) the bill also--ine 61?

this is alabama's take on it. it does not necessarily affect individuals in new york. that said, there will be a lot of reproductive tourism if this law goes into effect in alabama and by that, you'll see women in alabama becoming reproductive refugees fleeing to other states that are more liberal and more accommodating laws. this changes the landscape. stephanie is exactly right. the whole purpose of this and activity that we've seen around abortion in this term has really been about this change in climate. they anticipate a more hospitable court, whether it the supreme court and legislating to put this issue in front of the judges. >> thanks to you both. we'll try to replay this entire conversation as this goes down the road to melissa murray and stephanie, our thanks. >>> coming up, this nation has been through a lot.

you don't matter in the state of alabama. that the state of alabama don't care nothing about you, baby. i've got to go home and tell her the state of alabama don't care nothing about you, baby. >> and that state senator, bobby singleton, joins us now. senator, thank you so much for being here. what do you think now, the day after this has passed the alabama legislature? >> oh, i think this is a horrible bill still. i think that we raped women last night. we made women of alabama the model of the new rowe versus wade. i think this is a horrible bill. hopefully if it gets to that level to the supreme court and the supreme court will not select this as a test case. >> is that why your colleagues passed this? do they really want to send doctors to prison for 99 years or are they hoping that this will -- i mean, what's really the purpose of this, to try to overturn roe v. wade? >> you know, i would like to think that it's just for the purpose of roe v. wade, but, you know, there are some members on that side of the aisle who reall

state of alabama condemning a new law that makes abortions a crime supporters say it's just the beginning designed to overturn women's reproductive rights across the entire country also coming up tackling extremism on social media the leaders of france and new zealand urging tech giants to do more 2 months after a white supremacist massacred dozens in christ church and live streamed it on facebook. and sudan's army and the opposition agree to a 3 year transition period to democracy a civilian government has been one of the protesters key demands after the ousting of former president omar al bashir last month. off it's good to have you with us tonight pro-choice groups in the united states are protesting after lawmakers in the state of alabama approved the country's toughest abortion law the state senate voted $25.00 to $6.00 to outlaw abortion at any point and under any circumstances including rape and incest the only exception will be if the mother's life is in danger the controversial bill will now go to the state's governor to be signed into law all. i. and motions were running high bo

what will it mean for the women of alabama? >> i'm appalled i think it's a setback for the women of alabama and the women of the whole yooits. we fought so long for the rights that we have and now these rights are slowly being taken away from us. this is the most precious type of right that we have. the right to govern your own body and decide what you will do and debate those decisions about your own health. >> as i understand it, there's an amendment you proposed that would have provided prenatal care to mothers. but it failed. why? >> it did. we say this bill is about pro life. we say it's about the sanctity of life and helping people grow up to be nurtured. this bill said that, okay, if you're going to force this woman to have this child, irrespective of the fact all the issues about her mental state of mind or keep a child if she was raped, certainly it takes a lot of support. so this amendment would have d added the stipulation that if she's forced to have this child, the state would pay for prenatal care, give support to

the alabama abortion bill. it did go after heidi przybila, michael steelee, former rnc chair and ruth marcus, washington post columnist and deputy editor page editor. michael, i'll start with you. i want to get into specifics of the abortion debate. this is a larger movement, pass whatever you can pass and force the supreme court to have to do something. this larger issue, of how trump wants to take every issue and turn it into an us versus them issue, including the tariffs. >> it plays perfectly into the president's political landscape, if you will, in terms of how he wants to create bite-sized opportunities for whatever his objectives are downsteam. whether it's tariffs and sort of, you know, doing the whole thing with china, iran, another possibility of going to war with iran. this now opens up a new front. it's a front that cuts deep not just for voters but people, voters, communities. the president using this as part of his bully pulpit later on is important. the states in play right now are willing to acc

the state of alabama has now passed what is in effect a ban on abortion in that state. the governor who signed it today admitted quickly because it goes against the law of our land but this bill is designed to challenge that very precedent. tonight we'll look at what this means for the women of alabama, the future of roe v wade, the effect this may have on 2020. we begin in washington because there is news tonight on the continued white house efforts to push back to defy democrats in congress just today came a 12-page letter from white house counsel pat to house judiciary committee chaiman jerry nadler. congress is not a law enforcement entity and has no standing to investigate the president. the white house counsel rejected requests for the records and testimony from current and former trump officials that house dems need to see and go through to investigate obstruction. goes on to write quote congressional investigations are intended to obtain information to aid and evaluate potential legislation, not to harass political opponents or pursue an unauthorized do over of

including alabama. we've got radical restrictive abortion bans passing at least one chamber of the state legislature. so far in already half, already 11 of the 22 states under republican control, plus one more in montana where republicans control the legislature, but there the democratic governor, that democratic governor who vetoed one of these anti-abortion bills in his state last week, he is going to be here in just a moment to -- they say they have never seen anything like what we are seeing this year in 2019. quote, the extreme nature of this year's bills is unprecedented. but that's what republicans, that's what the republican party is doing, where they have control in the states. they're not moving anymore to limit abortion. they're moving to ban it all together, full stop. it's happening all at once in a new radical republican party wide draconian effort that we have never seen before. and that sounds unconstitutional, right? because you're not supposed to be able to been abortion that would be

that's the stateot of alabama. and today these words are being put into action by people on both sides of the abortion argument. all eyes now on governor kay who has six days to sign is an abortion ban into law. the only exception is if the mother's health is to be considered in serious danger. the bill provides no exception in cases of rape or incest, even if the victim is a child. the legislation would make performing an abortion a felony. punishable by up to 99 years in prison. the bill saw overwhelming support in the house and passed by a margin of 25-6 in the state senate. it's the most severe measure yet by a conservative legislature in an effort to outright challenge roe v. wade in which the supreme court established a woman's ligright to an abortion more th 40 years ago. now that the court has a conservative majority, state governments are feeling emboldened to push the court to revisit that verdict. states like kentucky, mississippi, ohio and georgia have all recently passed bans on abortion once a fetal h

abortion law. >> i think alabama has gone too far. it is an extreme law. my opinion is this is not a case we want to bring to the supreme court. jillian: carly shimkus with serious xm 115 with mixed reaction online. >> reporter: alabama's abortion law facing many critics and one of them is televangelist pat robertson who doesn't think it would win a supreme court battle. he is taking issue with the fact that doctors could face 99 years in prison if they perform abortions and doesn't make an exception for rape and incest. his opinion is catching a lot of people by surprise. when twitter user says make a distinction. he doesn't think it is too extreme in principle but too extreme to win a supreme court battle. one person commenting what pat robertson things and abortion law is extreme you know something is way off. another commentor saying pat robertson needs to reread the bible. when it comes to god's word murder is murder. then there is bernie sanders to sit on twitter abortion is a constitutional right. planned parenthood has alabama

if it becomes law in alabama? >> president trump that point blank, i will put people on the court who will overturn roe v. wade. nothing he said there convinced me that was not the intent. >> so you're mentioning receipts. let's play them to your point. this is central to the fight. is this the goal or not? let's look as you say at what donald trump promised? >> if we put another two or three justices on, that will happen. that will happen automatically in my opinion. i am putting pro-life justices on the court. >> the states are now seeing this as an opportunity to move these to the courts. but we are not helpless in this fight in the face of extreme injustice. we must organize and we must do the things that new york did. enshrining roe v. wade. and we go do that in congress bypassing a bill that protects women's reproductive rights and make that the federal law of the land. >> you are running for president and there's politics here. the supreme court did use this to overturn roe before the presidential campaign,

signed by its governor just two days ago makes it illegal at six weeks. >> alabama -- >> alabama -- >> every presidential candidate except for bill de blasio talking about alabama's new law in their surprise, all of them are adamantly against it.

aleem maqbool is in alabama. all eyes were on alabama for a sign of where america is heading. and its senators did this... 25 ayes, six nays, one abstention, house bill 314 passes. that bill all but outlaws abortion in the state at any stage of pregnancy and with no exemptions for rape or incest. women do have rights, and i think that if it is a rape, there is a plan b. so they do have options and so there are other options out there that they can explore. but i think that abortion is a wrong thing. not so much as a religion thing, ijust think it's a murder. i live with grief... she was 17 when she was raped, she found out she was pregnant but found that the baby had a condition that meant it wouldn't survive long. it was too late to have an abortion here. how does she feel that almost all women in her state will also now have no choice? the reasons why people would seek an abortion are, they are all significant. they are all something to be treated with empathy, and kindness and dignity and... i don't see that happening now. this is one of the few abortion clinics that remain

alabama is not alone in pursuing tough new laws. six states have passed bills that ban abortions after six weeks. 11 have introduced similar bans this year. all are aimed at forcing a supreme court showdown. he >> reporter: alabama's republican governor kay ivey tweeted out this photo of her signing the controversial abortion bill that does not include exceptions for rape or incest. she hinted she would sign the bill a few hours earlier. >> all human life is precious. >> reporter: where is the money coming from to support people who aren't ready to be mothers or aren't financially stable to take care of a child? >> you simply cannot defer protecting lives of unborn children because of cost. >> house bill 314 passes. >> reporter: supporters voted in favor of the bill, hoping it will eventually reach the supreme court and help overturn "roe v. wade." cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman. >> when you have some 20-odd cases on their way to the supreme court, the chances are solid that one or more will be before the high court within a s

news live from berlin lawmakers pass america's most restrictive abortion ban the state of alabama outlaws abortion and almost all circumstances including in cases of rape and incest politicians there admit the crackdown as part of a bid to overturn women's reproductive rights. also coming up the u.s. pulls embassy staff out of iraq on the tensions with neighboring iran that's despite reassurances from secretary of state pale he says the u.s. is not ready for war with iraq. and ukraine women working as surrogate mothers earned thousands of euros to give birth for couples in western europe including germany. and critics say it's a song contest in name only saturday's euro vision competition in israel is said to be one of the most political in the history of the yearly event calls to boycott the event in solidarity with the palestinians are growing we'll take you to television to find out what the fans think. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us. lawmakers in the u.s. state of alabama have approved the nation's toughest abortion law the state senate voted 25 to 6 to outlaw aborti

how are they reacting to what is happening in alabama? alexandra: they are condemning the bill, of course. they are saying this bill is unconstitutional because,s womemen have the constitutional right to have an abobortion, thy are talkining about it, it is an issue of personal freedom and it is a very personal and private decision to end a pregnancy and they are saying that they wilill challenge search -- such bills in the courts, but they are worried. brent: all right, alexandra, thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world and clashes have broken out between palestinian demonstrators and israeli soldiers along the border of the gaza strip and israel. the skirmishes took place during the time that palestinians refer to as the founding of the state of israel. children arriving in italy are being hosted at a catholic shelter near rome. the pontiff is an outspoken advocate for migrants on the margins of society. germany has managed to avoid recession. official figures show the term and economy grew by 0.4

to those in the free alabama movement those guns and cost of. the alabama prisons who got the complaints to me over to him i have years ago and i was able to do a president obama's administration to get them to carry mace who was deputy to the rhythm eric holder during that transition and amy solomon who helped get some of us up there me and my colleagues in order to speak to them in the federal agency reentry council and they got them to the proper authorities to and have us you know we were shot with the shot was not the 5 the shot was doing to the new. president that's in office and also with jobs. lessons go in that being the attorney general we was shocked with the investigation was ongoing in last these 2 and a half years that's what the shock was in you know lot of people have to look at these conditions always exist always existed especially here in the alabama and some of the southern states is kind of the hard when you're in the northern states because there you are locked up behind the wall so it's color hard for you to see the preexi

alabama passing a ban on almost all abortions overnight. the 2020 contenders are talking about it from the hill and the campaign trail. pete buttigieg isso take sure they have access to care and safe and legal abortion. we're continuing to get reaction not just from democrats but republicans as well. we'll brung it to you as we get it. >>> time to take a look at what our sources are saying. let me start with you. some questions about as we talk about what's happening on the campaign trail. >> the hatch act, campaign for your boss while you're working. there's a hot of talk about it because credit card kellyanne conway just went on this. the number of formal complaints is way up since president trump has been president and there have been a lot of high ranking people in his administration that have been caught violating the act. but there's not much of a punishment. basically you get a warning letterer and that's about it. don't do it again. >> you're talking about senior officials about the idea of an immigration push. the white house has b

dina is in the city of mobile in alabama. in your view, what should be the restrictions on access to abortion in the united states?” restrictions on access to abortion in the united states? i believe that thatis in the united states? i believe that that is something to be discussed between a woman and her doctor, between a woman and her doctor, between couples experiencing crisis pregnancies and their doctor when it comes to matters of late abortion. and i believe that whenever we go forward making new laws, if that becomes the case, those doctors should be intimately involved with those discussions, because at the moment i see people who have no qualifications and no experience in women's reproductive medicine trying to regulate it. should it be on demand if a woman changes her mind and does not want to have a baby? those are outliers to a situation, the way abortion law is regulated, women seeking late term abortion, they are not doing it because they have gone seven 01’ they are not doing it because they have gone seve

you aborted the state of alabama. you just raped alabama with this bill. >> reporter: senate minority leader bobby singleton says doctors who perform abortions could serve more time in prison than a woman's rapist. >> if doctors start walking out of the state and we start getting bad medical care and healthcare, we can't recruit anyone in the industry because you don't have great healthcare and doctors to come, don't blame nobody but yourselves. >> reporter: supporters believe exceptions would weaken a supreme court challenge but they could be added if roe v. wade is overturned. marc liverman, cbs news. >> none of the abortion bans passed are in effect yet. they are all facing extensive court challenges. and the aclu immediately announced it would sue to stop this one as well. if the governor, however, signs

how are they reacting to what's happening in alabama. they condemning the bill of course they are saying that this bill is constitutional because we women women women and to ask half the constitutional rights to have an abortion talking about that that it's an issue of personal freedom and that it is a very personal and private decision to a pregnancy and of course saying that they are going to challenge such a bill in the courts but there are 4 it's. our washington bureau chief alan saunders phenomenon the story tonight alexandra thank you hugh and here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world clashes have broken out between palestinian demonstrators and israeli soldiers along the border of the gaza strip and israel skirmishes took place of rallies for enough by dave the arab word for catastrophe the palestinians used to refer to the founding of the state of israel in 19488 migrant children have joined pope francis for st peter's square in his famous popemobile the children who arrived recently in ita

donald trump has broken his silence on alabama's abortion law in his go of going against some of the most controversial parts of the ban the u.s. president tweeted that he is strongly pro-life with the exceptions of rape incest and protecting the life of the mother alabama only allows abortion in the last of those 3 cases after it passed an almost total ban on tuesday in the miscreations are taking place in cities across the state of alabama against the role the ruling prohibits all abortions unless there's a risk of death to the mother supporters of the ban say that they expected them all to be blocked in court but they hope the appeals process will bring it before the u.s. supreme court. or let's cross to one of the protests in montgomery alabama and speak to stacy faux she's the president of planned parenthood southeast an organization that provides reproductive health care sex education and information to people in the region madam thank you so much for joining us your knowledge is there a 1st of all just explain to us why it is that you're protesting. when you can see behind me

alabama is asnot alone inng some of these restrictions. a number of states have been making numbers over a number of years. what kinds of bills and restrictions have been making their way through state >> sure.ures? so i think this is more of a long shot if you're looking at what the court is actually likely to do. we have seen so-calledeartbeat bills, including one passed in georgia, all of which ban abortion at rohly the sixth week of pregnancy. we have also sign more incremental legislation thatfo tends ts on later abortion, including laws that ban abortion on 20 weeks on the grounds ofetal pain prevention. we've seen laws banning violation and evacuation, the most common second trimester procedure. and there are some ses in front of the supreme court right now including a law passed in indiana when mike pence was the governor. >> nawaz: i want to be clear, mary ziegler, a number of these incredibly restrictive bills that have been pushed more recently, are any of them in llace on the ground? >> no,f them have either been blocked by a c

slamming alabama. kamala harris said "i'm sick and tired of this outright assault on woman's autonomy. we will fight this with everything we've got." joe biden said "republicans are ushering laws that clearly violate roe v. wade and they should be declared unconstitutional." kirsten gillibrand said this on cnn. >> i will guarantee that women have a voice in this country and that we value women and that we will respect women and we make sure we have judges and justices who uphold the president of roe v. wade. >> even televangelist and televangelists and longtime pat robinson who opposes the law saying in 99 year prison sentence for anyone who performs an abortion is extreme. alabama is the only state with an outright abortion ban unless the mother's health is at risk. states and red have a so-called heartbeat been meaning abortion is illegal after a doctor can hear a heartbeat. states an orange or debating a bill and states and green have gone the other way to expand abortion rights as articulated back

alabama is setting up the test case. the republicans in the senate are setting up the courts in the hopes that they'll rule in that test case to put an end to roe v. wade and say that, despite the support of a majority of americans, women do not have the last word when it comes to their own bodies, their own lives, and their own pregnancies. that is what this is about today in america on our political scene. that is certainly what the next election is all about as well -- the vision of america, the rights of women, the rights of individuals to make their own decisions about their own bodies. mr. president, i hope that the republican leaders who have expressed their misgivings about the alabama legislation will do much more than that. i hope they will join us in trying to maintain some sort, if not a consensus, some sort of understanding about how we deal with this extremely divisive issue. mr. president, i ask consent that the statement i'm about to make be placed in a separate part of the record. the presiding officer:

with your baby calls for a legal challenge after the state of alabama passes america's most restrictive abortion law our correspondent visits that state to talk with people on both sides of the divide plus. but just about a week now until european elections polls show climate change is a major issue for many voters also are mounting for more drastic action to protect the environment. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us in a landmark 1st for asia taiwan's parliament has legalized same sex marriage lawmakers approving a government bill that allows same sex couples to form exclusive permanent unions and apply for marriage registration this bill overcame a number of hurdles including attempts by conservatives to remove any reference to marriage. now despite the outcome of today's vote the issue of same sex marriage continues to divide the country and a referendum last year the majority of voters rejected defining marriage as anything other than a union between a man and a woman but this vote is being greeted by those who've had to put their futures on hold. shane lynn and mark yo

what are they up to down in alabama? the republicans. >> they are up to destroying the state of alabama and destroying the country actually. trying to take women's rights away from us. it's so unfortunate when you live in a state where we are at the bottom of the list for everything that's good and at the top for everything that's bad. here's a slap in the face for the women of alabama and women of the countries that these republican legislators and these men want to take away our rights to be able to choose what's best for our health care and our bodies and with our own doctors. >> what do you think they are thinking about? is this a culture war fight or really win it? do they want prohibition so a girl or a woman gets pregnant and decide they don't want to carry to term and they have no rights and must leave to go to new york or louisiana? what would happen? >> if they leave alabama, they could be subject to prosecution also. the goal is to take it to the supreme court to overturn roe v. wade. that is the goal. she sai

it just passed in alabama. the alabama legislature effectively just banned abortion in the state making nearly every abortion a felony punishable by 99 years or life in prison for the doctor. republican backers pushed it forward with one goal -- overturn the ruling on roe v. wade which legalized abortions nationwide in 1973 and gave women the constitutional right to end a pregnancy >> that's the most important takeaway. the law is designed to force a ruling in the supreme court. with the new makeup of the court many analysts believe roe is in jeopar jeopardy. the alabama bill even bans abortions in the case of rape or ince incest. the governor has eight days to sign the bill into law and

how are they reacting to what's happening in alabama. they condemning the bill of course they are saying that this bill is constitutional because every women women women and you asked half the constitutional rights to have an abortion talking about that that that is an issue of personal freedom and that it is a very personal and private decision to end a pregnancy and of course saying that they are going to challenge such a bill is in the courts but they're all for it. for the washington bureau chief alexander phenomenon the story for us tonight alexandra thank you hugh. other news tonight as tensions with iran the u.s. state department is ordering all non-emergency government staff in iraq to leave germany is also suspending a military training mission in iraq though the german government says it's not a response to any specific threat the u.s. pullout covers staff at the embassy in baghdad and the consulate in your bill that's the capital of iraq's kurdish region normal visa processing of both posts will be temporarily suspended last w

either an overreach by the alabama g.o.p. or some pretty intense viral marketing for the new season of "handmaid's tale. if a tv show has to become reality, why can't it be "star trek" so they can beam me off of this planet. ( applause ) under the alabama bill, doctors who perform, let's say, "guacamoles," would face felony jail time up to 99 years, if convicted. yep. they're going to throw them right in the alabama slammer for 99 years. let's see, it's 2019, so by the time those doctors get out of jail, in alabama, it will be 1895. ( laughter ) ( applause ) the bill also--ine 61? i'm not sure. the bill also makes no exceptions for victims of rape and incest, because the whole point of this law is to establish that a fetus is a person with rights. now, that is a bold interpretation of human development. but, on the plus side, apparently, pregnant women get to vote twice now. ( applause ) ( applause ) it is the most-- it is-- i think it's fair to say that this is the most restrictive law of its kind in america. which is why it

alabama lawmakers have passed the most restrictive abortion bill in the country, setting up a challenge that might take it all the way to the supreme court. the vote in the republican-led senate there 25-6 to pass this measur measure. >> you just said to my daughter, you don't matter. you don't matter in the state of alabama. >> keeping that bill as simple and as focused on the message to me was our goal and i want to really thank the members of the house and the senate that understood what our reasoning was and what our purposes were. >> the bill makes abortion a felony and could punish doctors who perform them with life in prison. that's right, a felony for mothers who seek t life in prison for doctors who perform aborti abortions. the governor in alabama now has six days to sign the bill, cnn's victor blackwell has been following the story and has more details. can you tell us exactly what limitations this puts on abortion, a woman's right to choose? >> well, virtually limiting all abortions with just a few exceptions, the important exceptions that are not included are in the case of