Keke Palmer Reveals Abortion In Response To Alabama's Controversial Law

Keke Palmer is “disheartened” by Alabama’s controversial abortion ban.
Last week, Governor Kay Ivey signed into law a bill that could punish doctors — who perform the procedure — with life in prison.The law only allows exceptions “to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother,” for ectopic pregnancy, and if the “unborn child has a lethal anomaly.”
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Per the Los Angeles Times, the 25-year-old actress reportedly wrote and deleted on Twitter that she got an abortion at age 24, revealing:

“I was worried about my career responsibilities and afraid that I could not exist as both a career woman and mother.”

The thespian added:

“Twitter is sometimes too flat and too short to express intimate sentiments. Words without context, very annoying… I am disheartened about hearing the news in Alabama. I feel as if women rights laws are going backwards. Individual choice is being taken. I’m truly so confused at the world rn and the policies that follow. #YouKnowMe… Making individual choices is not a betrayal to your faith. Mainly, because God knows your heart and your journey. God never judges. I hate that it’s always a this vs that, instead of an ‘I understand YOUR PERSPECTIVE.'”

After signing the bill, Governor Ivey said in a statement:

“Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, a bill that was approved by overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the Legislature… To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God.”

While she noted that the Alabama Human Life Protection Act may be unenforceable due to the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in all 50 states, Ivey said the new law is designed to challenge that decision.

“No matter one’s personal view on abortion, we can all recognize that, at least for the short term, this bill may similarly be unenforceable… As citizens of this great country, we must always respect the authority of the U.S. Supreme Court even when we disagree with their decisions. Many Americans, myself included, disagreed when Roe v. Wade was handed down in 1973. The sponsors of this bill believe that it is time, once again, for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit this important matter, and they believe this act may bring about the best opportunity for this to occur.”

This law is the strictest abortion ban in the country.

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