Alabama Prevention Petition

Dear Activists:

We need your help! 

Already, six pieces of legislation have been introduced by Alabama legislators that aim to criminalize abortion or are otherwise detrimental to reproductive health.  Every year anti-choice legislators try to inch Alabama closer to a ban on abortion.  It is time to let Alabama legislators know that personal, private health care decisions should be made by women, their families, and their doctors - not politicians.

Stand Up for Alabama Women by signing our Prevention First petition!

The citizens of Alabama know that if legislators truly care about reducing the number of unintended pregnancies and the need for abortion, they would work with Planned Parenthood to increase access to contraceptives and medically accurate sex education.  Alabama legislators should stop pushing for dangerous restrictions that threaten women's health and focus on the real issue:  unintended pregnancy. 

Criminalizing abortion does nothing to reduced unintended pregnancies or abortion. 

Sign the petition to let legislators know that we do not support their efforts to put politics above the health and safety of women by their continued attempts to criminalize and further restrict abortion.

View the "What's At Stake" tab for information on bills currently pending in the Alabama legislature that could be detrimental to reproductive rights.

Sign our Prevention First petition today!

Sample Letter for Campaign

Subject: Prevention First for Alabama!

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

Dear Alabama Legislators,

We the undersigned believe that:

Prevention is the best method of reducing unintended pregnancy and the need for abortion.

Laws criminalizing abortion do nothing to actually reduce unintended pregnancy or the need for abortion.

If lawmakers truly care about reducing unintended pregnancy and the need for abortion, they should work with Planned Parenthood towards prevention instead of pushing to criminalize and further restrict abortion.

Signed by:

Campaign Launched:
April 17, 2007


Background Information

Already, six bills have been introduced in the 2007 Alabama legislative session that are detrimental to the health of women and teens.

Bills SB399, SB59, HB329 and HB128 are attempts by anti-choice legislators to criminalize abortion. 

HB128 would attempt to define life as beginning at conception, laying the groundwork for the overturn of Roe v. Wade by elevating the status of a fetus to that of a person.

In addition, the Alabama legislature has introduced the following bills:

HB314 would require that any physician providing abortion services have admitting privileges to a local hospital.  This bill is introduced year after year, and it is an attempt by anti-abortion legislators to place unreasonable barriers in the way of clinic operators.

SB14 proposes to create the "Parents' Access to Medical Information Act," giving custodial and noncustodial parents and legal guardians access to most medial records.  No law can force families to communicate and sadly, some teenagers live in dangerous homes.  This bill endangers those teens by potentially providing abusive adults with sensitive medical information.   

Help us let the Alabama Legislature know that this sort of legislation is unacceptable by signing on to our Prevention First petition!