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Alabama AG Says He May Prosecute Women for Taking Abortion Pills

TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW

Steve Marshall said he may use an older law—one designed to protect children from the ill effects of meth labs—to prosecute women seeking abortion pills.

Brett Bachman
Brett Bachman 

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Brett Bachman

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