Quote of the Day

[Content Note: War on agency.]

"We all agree that protecting our children is a top priority. But this law isn't about protecting Alabama's children. It's about making a sure a woman who has decided to have an abortion can't get one."—Susan Watson, executive director of the ACLU of Alabama, quoted in a piece at Think Progress by Alex Zielinski on a bill passed by the Alabama state legislature yesterday which prohibits "abortion clinics from being within 2,000 feet from any K-8 public school—the same rule a sex offender must follow in the state."

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