Brent Helms, Magers’ lawyer, stated that the victory is the “first one of its kind, ever.”
“Baby Roe’s innocent life was taken by the profiteering of the Alabama Women’s Center and while no court will be able to bring Baby Roe back to life, we will seek the fullest extent of justice on behalf of Baby Roe and Baby Roe’s father,” said Helms. “The time is ripe for consistency in Alabama’s jurisprudence: either we fully acknowledge the personhood of the unborn or we cherry pick which innocents we protect and which ones we trash for profit.”
Amendment 2 passed with a 59 [percent] to 41 [percent] vote and specifies that Alabama must acknowledge “the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, including the right to life [and] ensure the protection of the rights of the unborn child in all manners and measures lawful and appropriate.”
The “personhood law” also releases the state from requirements to procure the rights or funding needed to have an abortion.
It states, “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.”
Many expect that the “Baby Roe” case will end in a Supreme Court ruling. Representative Matt Fridy, the sponsor of the bill, has high hopes that Amendment 2 will adequately defend Alabama’s pro-life stance and ultimately sway the Supreme Court’s decision.
