https://www.npr.org/2019/05/14/723312937/alabama-lawmakers-passes-abortion-ban

This will start a huge legal battle, which could end up in the hands of the SCOTUS. 

My first thoughts, Hooray!  Next thoughts, must be the Baptists, God knows the Catholics are not so pro-life, sad to say.  And may the New Order of the State of Alabama remember that the New Order, via Catholic Charities feeds abortion.  Never give$$.

It is good to see an occasional step in the right direction. Let's pray that it is the beginning of a turnaround and not just a blip on the downward spiral. 

While I'm happy to see this, they invariably contradict themselves:

Under the new law, doctors in the state face felony jail time up to 99 years if convicted. But a woman would not be held criminally liable for having an abortion.

If it is in fact murder, as you claim, why are the women who have abortions exempt from criminal liability?  That's nonsense.  I'm glad they finally dropped the rape and incest crap though.  Either the baby is a human life or it is not.  Be consistent.

"Under the new law, doctors in the state face felony jail time up to 99 years if convicted. But a woman would not be held criminally liable for having an abortion."

While I'm happy to see this, they invariably contradict themselves:

If it is in fact murder, as you claim, why are the women who have abortions exempt from criminal liability?  That's nonsense.  I'm glad they finally dropped the rape and incest crap though.  Either the baby is a human life or it is not.  Be consistent.

All those who force a woman to have an abortion -- her school nurse, her doctor, her friends, her boyfriend, her lover, her husband, her mother, her mother-in-law, etc. -- should also be held criminally liable. Studies have shown that many girls and women are forced into an abortion. Those who are forced into an abortion should not be held criminally liable. Instead, those who conspired to kill her and/or her unborn baby should be prosecuted.

Unscrupulous men or boys who groom women or girls to have sex, who rape them, and then who force them into an abortion should also be held criminally liable.

Some women are even punched in the stomach to kill the baby or are secretly given an abortifacent, drug, poison, or herbal treatment that will cause an abortion. This is premeditated murder.

Bottom line: Anyone who engages in any criminal activity or conspiracy to kill pregnant ladies, unborn babies, or newborns should be exposed, prosecuted and convicted.

Abortion will not be truly outlawed until all abortifacent birth control drugs and the morning after pill are also outlawed.

And yes, women and girls who engage in repeated abortions should be held criminally liable.

That pesky female privilege, again.

The male legislators who wrote this law obviously did not want to lose the female vote, but notice also that male rapists, sex predators, pedophiles, and pimps are not held accountable in this law. Only doctors will be punished.

These men want to have their pie and eat it too.

All those who force a woman to have an abortion -- her school nurse, her doctor, her friends, her boyfriend, her lover, her husband, her mother, her mother-in-law, etc. -- should also be held criminally liable. Studies have shown that many girls and women are forced into an abortion. Those who are forced into an abortion should not be held criminally liable. Instead, those who conspired to kill her and/or her unborn baby should be prosecuted. 

Rarely is a woman "forced" to have an abortion; that's usually after-the-fact rationalization from women who subsequently developed guilty consciences about it.

Pressure?  Yes, I'm sure that happens all the time.  But forced?  I'm sure that happens from time to time, but it's much more rare.

In any case, you would treat this like any murder case.  If these other people (e.g. men) materially participated, then they should be tried as accomplices.  If they tried to persuade her to do it, they could be accessories or conspirators in murder.  If a woman were forced to such a degree that it was no longer a free act, then of course she could be found not guilty.  But, despite the outward fear and pressure, sin is still sin if there's any element of free will left.  So, for instance, those who apostasize under threat of death or torture, still commit a sin; it's merely that the gravity of the sin in God's eyes may be extenuated due to these external pressures.