I am appalled at the passage of the Alabama law prohibiting abortion.

My heart goes out to those who fought against it, and who, if the law becomes enforceable in six months, will have to live in a state that shows blatant disregard of personal choice.

Twenty-five white Republican men voted in favor of House Bill 314, which outlaws abortion, even in the case of rape or incest.

None of those men, or any man, is capable of childbearing. There are no laws in any state regulating what a man can do with his body.

Banning abortion is a misogynistic act against all women, and the ones who will suffer and possibly die, are the poor who cannot afford safe, legal abortions across state lines.

My deepest outrage is reserved for the ones who decided to have the law investigate the circumstances of a woman’s miscarriage.

I know from personal experience that grief after a miscarriage or stillbirth is bottomless. It is unimaginable to compound a mother’s grief with a criminal investigation.

Jeri Gertz

Hilo

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