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Alabama officials have recently begun raiding clinics in another attempt to stunt the growing problem of prescription drug abuse throughout the state. The Montgomery Advertiser and WBRC News 6 both report that the raids began on May 20, after a long period of investigations into clinics throughout several southern states. Before the investigation, called Operation … Read moreAlabama Officials Raid Multiple Clinics for Drug Abuse Evidence as Part of ‘Operation Pilluted’

An Alabama grandmother was sentenced May 11 to life without possibility of parole for running her granddaughter to death outside her rural home. Nine-year-old Savannah Hardin had apparently told a lie about eating candy. During the trial earlier this year, prosecutors showed video of Joyce Hardin Garrard telling her granddaughter’s school bus driver that “She’s … Read moreAlabama Woman Sentenced for Running Granddaughter to Death

On May 6, the Alabama House committee gave the green light to three bills that seek to restrict reproductive rights for women, specifically regarding abortions in the state. The first bill, HB 405 sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur), is better known as “The Fetal Heartbeat Act” and it prohibits physicians from performing an abortion … Read moreThree Controversial Reproductive Rights Bills Pass Alabama House Committee Vote