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"Alabama’s near-ban on abortion takes effect, performing an abortion would become a Class A felony, which carries a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison — the same minimum sentence as severe sex crimes like first-degree rape and sexual torture, under Alabama law.

Incest and sexual abuse, however, are considered Class C felonies, with a minimum sentence of one year and one day in prison and a maximum sentence of 10 years. Second-degree rape usually applies to “what most people usually consider statutory rape,” explains Andrew Segel, a lawyer from Huntsville, Alabama, though it also applies if the victim is between the ages of 12 and 16 and the perpetrator is over the age of 16, and if the victim is “incapable of consent by reason of being mentally defective,” per the Alabama criminal code. In Alabama, second-degree rape is a Class B felony with a maximum sentence of 20 years.

The implications of these sentencing guidelines are clear, and they are chilling: If HB 314 is enacted, a first-time offender who is accused of raping, say, an intellectually disabled woman or a 13-year-old girl could potentially serve less prison time than a doctor providing an abortion. And that’s assuming that they will serve any prison time to begin with. Compared to other victims of violent crimes, rape and sexual assault survivors are far less likely to report their assailants to the police, which leads to far fewer rape-related arrests and felony convictions; only a tiny fraction of those accused of sexual assault will ever spend a day in jail. In effect, if this law is enacted, performing a safe and constitutionally protected procedure that nearly one in four women will have in their lifetimes will be criminalized to a larger degree than sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl."

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/alabama-abortion-law-rape-sexual-assault-punishment-835583/
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