The reelection campaign for Gov. Kay Ivey announced today that she has received an endorsement from the National Right to Life. The organization is the oldest and largest federation of state right-to-life affiliates and local chapters in the country.
Governor Ivey thanked National Right to Life for their endorsement.
“National Right to Life dedicates itself each and every day to protecting and defending our nation’s most precious asset – our next generation. I am humbled to accept their endorsement,” Ivey stated. “Our children are a gift from God, and I will never stop defending them. It’s easy to talk about protecting life, but it’s a different thing to act on it, and that’s what our state did when I signed the strongest pro-life bill in the entire nation, which struck at the core of Roe v. Wade itself,” said Ivey. “This bill is particularly important now in light of recent events in the United States Supreme Court. I pray that Roe v. Wade may be heading to the ash bins of history, I am hopeful that is the case.”
Ivey continued: “In Alabama, we’ve set a national standard for what it truly means to protect unborn children. To no one’s surprise, Hollywood, the mainstream media, and the radical left had a come apart when I signed this bill. Who knew protecting innocent, unborn babies could be so controversial? Well, despite their best attempts to intimidate us into backing down, we didn’t flinch. I stand by Alabama’s pro-life values, and as long as I’m the governor of this state, I always will. Our children are a gift from God, and it is our responsibility to make sure that they are protected at all costs.”
In 2019, Ivey signed the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, which made abortion and attempted abortion a felony offense. Now the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, which will allow the 2019 law to go into effect. It will be considered one of the restricted abortion laws in the country. The act is what is considered a trigger law, and will take effect to outlaw abortion if the Supreme Court ever gives states control of abortion.
In their endorsement letter to Governor Ivey, National Right to Life said, “Alabama voters who are concerned with the right to life and with the protection of vulnerable members of the human family should vote to re-elect you [Kay Ivey] as governor so that you can continue to advance vital pro-life public policies.”
