Tag: American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama
Alabama House delays vote on riot legislation
The Alabama House of Representatives on Wednesday night delayed a vote on legislation that would create a new definition of riot and...
Alabama riot bill heads under criticism toward a House vote
A divided committee on Wednesday advanced legislation that would mandate jail time for participating in a riot which the bill defines as...
Texas-like abortion bill would let citizen sue providers
A group of Alabama lawmakers have proposed legislation similar to a Texas law that would ban most abortions and allow anyone to...
Injunction blocking abortion ban not appealed
Alabama’s near-total abortion ban will remain blocked by a federal judge as a lawsuit over the ban plays out in court.
Alabama did...
ACLU of Alabama sues Sec. of State John Merrill for blocking...
President Donald Trump made headlines last summer for blocking American on Twitter for the political views they have expressed, which ultimately resulted in a...
Lethal injection or gas? Alabama’s death row gets to choose
Some say inhaling nitrogen gas would be like dying on a plane that depressurizes in flight, swiftly killing all aboard. Now more than a...
Birmingham church may soon be allowed to have its own police...
Alabama lawmakers are mulling over the idea of allowing a church to form its own police force.
Briarwood Presbyterian Church, a megachurch in Birmingham, is...
ACLU-Alabama files lawsuit for Christian woman’s right to headscarf in license...
When Yvonne Allen of Tuskegee, Ala., went to renew her license in December, she was reportedly forced to remove the headscarf she wears for religious reasons....
Bill passed to keep abortion clinics 2,000 feet from Alabama schools
An Alabama House committee has passed a bill to keep abortion clinics at least 2,000 feet away from public schools.
The House Health Committee voted...
Jim Belyeu: “The mother only contributes the egg and the incubator”
The House Health Committee met Wednesday to take up HB300 from Rep. Ed Henry (R-Decatur). The bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would "include all humans from...
