Executive Amendment News Today

The Alabama Legislature finished the 2023 Regular Session last Tuesday, adjourning “sine die,” which is Latin for adjourning “without a day to return.”

Exception to the exclusion of abortion and that is if the health of the mother is involved. rape and incest, as you were just hearing there from this senator is not an exception to the law. so this is one of if not the most extreme restriction of abortion law in the land right now. now, that lawmaker was vivian davis figures. shes the longest serving woman in alabamas senate. she joins me now. senator, thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> thank you, mr. cuomo. its good to be with you this...

They turned around ask still voted the bill to become law. it was also in the senate that it was those all republican men that voted this into law, but before it got to the senate it came from the house of representatives, which is where it started. and let me make sure everyone knows that it was a woman, representative terry collins, who sponsored this bill and it was also the other four or five republican women in the house of representatives who signed on as co-sponsors. so this wasnt a law t...

Those two exceptions should be made, they would not, they would not. i have to say there were four senators who did vote for that exception and that was senators ward, jones, marsh and mcclendon. and i applaud them for that. it was also in the senate that it was those all-republican men that voted this into law, but before it got to the senate it came from the house of representatives, which is where it started. and let me make sure everyone knows that it was a woman, representative terry collin...

Message with her assistant as well as put it in writing and had it hand delivered to her before she signed the bill asking her if she would please send over an executive amendment that would make those two exceptions in the bill, incest and rape, and she did not need to -- she did not do that and she went on to sign that bill into law. >> what are your fellow lawmakers tell you when you say, you know, when you went with that gentleman there -- its one thing when its on the floor being recorded, ...

>> this is not some weird, bloggy offshot of what the fast and furious scandal is. this is what the fast and furious scandal is. this is it. it is a conspiracy theory on the right that president obama is secretly trying to take away all your guns. thats what it was. this program was started by george w. bush as a means of upsetting people about gun violence and abolishing the executive amendment. if you watch fox news, you marinate daily in conservative media. this is drilled into your head over...

Dangerous operation, the federal government is doing what it does best, creating gun control regulations to solve a problem it created. >> this is not some weird, bloggy offshot of what the fast and furious scandal is. this is what the fast and furious scandal is. this is it. it is a conspiracy theory on the right that president obama is secretly trying to take away all your guns. thats what it was. this program was started by george w. bush as a means of upsetting people about gun violence and ...

Right that president obama is secretly trying to take away all your guns. thats what it was. this program was started by george w. bush as a means of upsetting people about gun violence and abolishing the executive amendment. if you watch fox news, you marinate daily in conservative media. this is drilled into your head over and over and over again. >> were the guns actually out there because the guy is against second amendment and would like more gun roll in the country. >> the political agenda...