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MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果) and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Alabama took emergency legal action today on behalf of Dr. Yashica Robinson and three independent abortion clinics to prevent Alabama from using the guise of the COVID-19 crisis to prevent people from obtaining abortion care. Both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology have that abortion is a time-sensitive, essential medical procedure that cannot be delayed.

鈥淕overnment response to the spread of COVID-19 must be grounded in science and public health, not politics,鈥� said Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, senior staff attorney at the 老澳门开奖结果 Reproductive Freedom Project. 鈥淎s leading medical experts have recognized, abortion is essential, time-sensitive health care. Alabama鈥檚 attempts to prevent patients from accessing abortion care does nothing to slow the spread of COVID-19, it just stops people from getting this essential care.鈥�

鈥淎bortion providers take seriously their responsibility to protect the health and safety of their patients, the staff, and their community,鈥� said Randall Marshall, executive director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Alabama. 鈥淏ut pregnant people need health care whether it鈥檚 prenatal care and childbirth services or abortion care. Preventing them from getting an abortion doesn鈥檛 do anything to stop the COVID-19 virus, it just takes the decision whether to have a child out of their hands.鈥�

This is far from the first time the state of Alabama has taken action to prevent people from access abortion care. Just last year, the state passed a law banning virtually all abortions and making the provision of abortion care a crime punishable by up to 99 years in prison. That law has been blocked by the court.

Today鈥檚 action was filed on behalf of Dr. Yashica Robinson and three independent abortion clinics, the Alabama Women鈥檚 Center, Reproductive Health Services, and West Alabama Women鈥檚 Center by the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Alabama.