What have Alabama Republicans done for voters and residents of this great state?
On May 10th 2021, Governor Kay Ivey Announces End of Participation in All Federal
Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Programs 82 days before they were suppose
to expire; which was to end Sept. 6th 2021. Her Reason; “As Alabama’s economy
continues its recovery, Governor Kay Ivey explained, we are hearing from more
and more business owners and employers that it is increasingly difficult to find
workers to fill available jobs, even though job openings are abundant,” said Governor
Ivey. “Among other factors, increased unemployment assistance, which was meant
to be a short-term relief program during emergency related shutdowns, is now
contributing to a labor shortage that is compromising the continuation of Alabama’s
recovery.”
https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2021/05/governor-kay-ivey-announces-
end-of-participation-in-all-federal-pandemic-unemployment-compensation-programs
Abortion
In 2019, the state enacted a near-total abortion ban called the Human Life Protection
Act. It is one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. Alabama’s 2019 abortion
ban, which prohibits all abortions unless medically necessary to avoid a serious health
risk to the pregnant woman, became effective after Dobbs. There are no exceptions
for cases involving rape, incest, or human trafficking.
Efforts to Prevent Residents from Traveling for Abortion Services
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal court in Alabama issued a ruling allowing Alabama
health care providers to continue their lawsuit aimed at preventing Attorney General
Steve Marshall and district attorneys throughout the state from prosecuting those
who assist Alabamians seeking to travel across state lines to access legal abortion care
Attorney General Marshall explicitly threatened they could face felony charges for
supporting patients in accessing legal out-of-state care.
https://www.aclualabama.org/en/news/court-allows-alabama-abortion-support-
Alabama Supreme Court ruling on IVF
We’re going to have a situation where people being able to get care for their infertility
is going to be so much harder in Alabama, and not because we’re putting more
protections in place, because the way the court has decided the status of a fertilized egg.
Alabama Republicans spark another legal fight by not creating 2nd majority-Black
district, a group of lawmakers who are blatantly disregarding not just the Voting
Rights Act, but a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court and a court order from
the three-judge district court, A critic called it a “slap in the face” to Black
Alabamians and the court.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/alabama-republicans-spark-fight-creating-
2nd-black-district/story?id=101592019
The question is what are the voters going to do this November?