WOULD OCCUR WHEN THE METER IS
OBSTRUCTED.
ALABAMA LAWMAKERS SPENT THE
DAY TACKLING PRO-LIFE ISSUES.
INCLUDING A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT DECLARING ALABAMA A
PRO-LIFE STATE THAT COULD GO
BEFORE VOTERS IN 2018.
CBS 42 NEWS REPORTER JAMES
MCCONATHA IS IN MONTGOMERY. HE
HAS THE LATEST FROM THE STATE
HOUSE.
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THE HOUSE PASSED ALL FOUR
BILLS ON THE SPECIAL ORDER
CALENDAR TODAY, BUT NOT
WITHOUT SOME OPPOSITION. THE
OPPOSING ARGUMENT: THAT THERE
ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT
NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE
THE LEGISLATURE TAKES A TWO
WEEK BREAK.
"This day is a wasted day. It'
)s not a day that Alabama
should be proud of"
Pro Life Day at the State
House came under fire from
House Democrats.
"There is no reason why we
would take an entire day to
address the issue that's on
the calendar today"
It was organized by the
Republican Caucus as promised
in their Alabama Proud
legislative agenda."If we could get through these
bills quickly, we could return
to the regular order calendar
and in doing so we could get
to the bills that the
Democrats are complaining that
we're not getting to"
After a morning-long debate
about the special order
calendar itself, lawmakers
took on the first bill. A
proposed amendment to the
state Constitution declaring
Alabama a pro-life state
"It would mean that the state
constitution does not confer
right to an abortion"
Specifically, the bill says
the state Constitution does
not protect the right to an
abortion or require the state
to fund it.
Carol Norton and Linda Fancy
drove down to Montgomery from
Homewood. They've been
watching from the House
gallery.
"They can waste a whole day on
something like this, where it'
)s a foregone conclusion how
they're going to vote. They
all put on little stickers,
pro life stickers, and if you
looked around you could see
just what everyone was doing"
"It sounds wonderful, pro-
life, but that's not the
total issue"
THAT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
WILL GO TO THE SENATE AND IF
IT PASSES, SHOULD GO TO VOTERS
IN 2018. IN MONTGOMERY JAMES
