Vivian Davis Figures
Posted on 05/21/2019 8:03:08 PM PDT by Morgana
Alabama state Sen. Vivian Figures, D-Mobile filed a bill on Tuesday to repeal Alabama’s abortion ban law.
"There are consequences for every decision we make as legislators, and for every vote we cast there are ramifications,” Figures said in a release. “However, some of these effects are unintended and I truly believe this has been the case for SB314. I do not believe my Republican colleagues had any idea what the consequences for passing this bill would be.” false
Figures cited criticism from across the state as well as from President Donald Trump, Sen. Mitt Romney and 700 Club Founder Pat Robertson as reason for challenging the most extreme abortion ban law in the country.
"I felt that the least I could do was to offer a bill to repeal HB314 with the hopes that it would help to heal some of the wounds that my Republican brothers and sisters have inflicted on the great state of Alabama,” Figures said in a release. “Unfortunately this bill is serving as a detriment to the entire state of Alabama in terms of revenues and in terms of healthcare, particularly for women.”
The bill highlights possible negative implications the law would have on the state including declining tourism and the costly legal battle from anticipated litigation. The bill also lists issues the sponsors believe should be addressed with the resources that would be allocated to the legal defense of the abortion ban such as infant mortality, rural health care and health insurance.
Figures was one of three women on the Senate floor last week. She argued for hours alongside state Sen. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro and Sen. Roger Smitherman, D-Birmingham against the abortion ban bill.
"You are playing God, in my opinion, because you’ve already decided what needs to be done,” Figures said to Republican senators last Tuesday. “You all don’t rule the world. I mean, you may think you do, but you don’t.”
And burning her bridges behind her.
Why would she lose support from abortionists?
"Alabama senator files bill to repeal abortion ban".
His wife, Vivian, succeeded her husband in office after his death in 1996.
I suspect her money stream was coming from Alabama sources. Perhaps, Vivian Figures, by her repeal effort, is trolling for national sources. Bigger money there.
If she were so concerned with women’s health, she’d be pushing wearing condoms or abstinence. 99 percent of the time, abortion is nothing but a form of birth control.
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