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Alabama Storm Nine Children And One Adult Killed In Crash

Alabama Storm: Nine Children And One Adult Killed In Crash

June 21, 2021 2:20 am

No fewer than nine children and an adult have been confirmed dead following a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway as heavy storms lashed the southeastern US state.

The crash on an interstate highway near the city of Greenville involved at least 15 vehicles and may have been caused by aquaplaning under heavy rains, Butler County coroner Wayne Garlock told reporters yesterday.

Africa Daily News, New York further gathered that the dead included a father and daughter in an SUV, and eight occupants of a van carrying children from a county-run ‘girls ranch’ that included foster children.

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Alabama's Near-Total Abortion Ban Blocked By Federal Judge

Alabama’s Near-Total Abortion Ban Blocked By Federal Judge

October 29, 2019 2:20 pm

Energized by new conservatives on the US supreme court, Alabama and other conservative states have attempted to enact new restrictions on abortion in the hopes of getting supreme court justices to reconsider Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

A number of states attempted to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The Alabama law went further by attempting to ban almost all abortions with no exceptions for cases of rape and incest.

Passed by the Republican-led legislature, the 2019 Alabama Human Life Protection Act would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy …

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