No, The Alabama Law Doesn’t Punish Women Who Get Abortions

Alabama’s new Human Life Protection Act is less than three-and-a-half pages long. But even the bill’s mere 1,511 words appear to have proved too taxing for left-wing legislators determined to oppose it.

Freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who is frequently wrong but never in doubt, inveighed on Twitter, “Alabama lawmakers are making all abortions a felony punishable w jailtime,incl [sic] women victimized by rape+incest.” In reality, the law does not outlaw all abortions; it does not demand jail time for all doctors who perform abortions, and it explicitly protects women who procure abortions from prosecution.