Just days after Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law the so-called "heartbeat bill", an effective ban on abortions after six weeks into a pregnancy, Alabama's near-total abortion ban moved forward and was signed into law last week by Republican Governor Kay Ivey. This law only allows a pregnancy termination to happen under the exception of an existing direct threat to the mother’s life. The law is considered the most restrictive in the country, as it disregards excepti