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- ↑ "Clyde Chambliss". Legislature.state.al.us. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ↑ Trotta, Daniel (2019-05-15). "Alabama Senate bans nearly all abortions, including rape cases". Reuters . Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ↑ "Alabama governor signs near-total abortion ban into law". CBS News . 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ↑ Williams, Timothy; Blinder, Alan (2019-05-14). "Lawmakers Vote to Effectively Ban Abortion in Alabama (Published 2019)". The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ↑ "Why Alabama's Abortion Law Includes an Exemption for Infertility". 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-06-05.