Good morning to you. It is Sunday, August the 7th. I'm Ali Velshi. Welcome to a special

edition of Velshi, live from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where we've been bringing you the latest

edition of Velshi Across America, Post-Roe, Alabama. We're keeping a close watch this morning as well on Capitol

Hill, where senators have been up all night voting on amendments to the Democrats' landmark

inflation reduction act, which is eventually expected to pass, and that'll be a major win for

President Biden. We'll talk to the Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow, Michigan, about it

all in just a few minutes.

But I want to start here in Alabama, a state that has one of the most restrictive and punitive abortion bans in the entire country.

Anyone, whether or not they are a medical professional, may be sentenced to prison for up to 99 years if they are found to have caused an abortion in this state.

People here are also prohibited from helping someone access abortion care or even giving

out information about it. Doing those things could be considered conspiracy under the state's law,

which has been in effect since June 24th. That's the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Later on on our show, we'll explore this further in another installment of Valshia

Across America featuring my conversation with former abortion care providers,

clinic staff, advocates, and a lawmaker who are navigating through the new realities of living

in post-Roe Alabama.

But here's a thing.

Alabama isn't an outlier, and its punitive measures

are a feature, not a bug, of the abortion bans that have already been enacted in more than a dozen

states. On Friday night, Indiana passed the nation's first new post-row abortion ban, which

states that doctors will lose their medical license if they're found to have performed

any legal abortion. It's a very different kind of punishment than what they have here in Alabama,

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