---
title: "Alabama Pro-Life Coalition framing of HB 314 (no exceptions, but women exempt from prosecution)"
description: "Single-organization statement from Alabama Pro-Life Coalition, May 2019, to Alabama Legislature / press. Composite 4/12 — explicit opposition to a tenet. “women who get an abortion would not get jail time”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2019-003"
date: "2019-05"
letter_type: "Single-organization statement"
lead_org: "Alabama Pro-Life Coalition"
recipient: "Alabama Legislature / press"
topic: "State ban design"
shortfall_type: "explicit_opposition_to_tenet"
composite: 4
verification: "secondary"
signature_rows: 1
primary_url: "https://www.npr.org/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2019-003.html"
---

# Alabama Pro-Life Coalition framing of HB 314 (no exceptions, but women exempt from prosecution)

**Single-organization statement** · May 2019 · Explicit opposition to a tenet · composite 4 / 12 · Secondary coverage only

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2019-003 (formerly L22) |
| Date | May 2019 |
| Lead organization | [Alabama Pro-Life Coalition](../letters/orgs/o164.md) |
| Recipient | Alabama Legislature / press |
| Topic | State ban design |
| Type | Single-organization statement |
| Verification | Secondary coverage only |
| Signature rows | 1 |
| Completeness | Single organization |

## Key language

> “women who get an abortion would not get jail time” — Alabama Pro-Life Coalition, May 2019

## Scorecard

Composite **4 of 12** — explicit opposition to a tenet. Each dimension is scored 0 (none), 1 (implied) or 2 (explicit); the rationale is the editor's one-line reason for every non-zero score. D2 and D4 are the fault line the abolitionist critique cares most about.

| Dimension | Score | Meaning at this score | Rationale |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| D1 Exceptions | 0 | None | — |
| D2 Immunity for the mother (fault line) | 2 | Explicitly opposes prosecuting or criminalizing women | Bill drafted to exempt the woman from prosecution. |
| D3 Incrementalism | 0 | None | — |
| D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills (fault line) | 0 | None | — |
| D5 Framing | 0 | None | — |
| D6 Secular framing | 2 | Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument | Legal framing. |

## Spokesperson

1 signature row · **Single organization.** A single-organization record; the spokesperson row is illustrative, not a signature block.

| # | Name as printed | Title as printed | Organization as printed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [A. Eric Johnston](../letters/people/i0196.md) | President | [Alabama Pro-Life Coalition](../letters/orgs/o164.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

1 distinct organization and 1 named individual, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

- [Alabama Pro-Life Coalition](../letters/orgs/o164.md) — Advocacy or other, AL

## Sources

- [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/) — Secondary coverage only (https://www.npr.org/)
- [buzzfeednews.com](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/) — secondary (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/)

## Notes

Closer to the standard on exceptions; falls short on mother-immunity.

## Editorial note

The rubric records distance from the standard published by Abolitionists Rising, not a moral verdict; every organization scored here regards itself as pro-life. This record is verified from secondary coverage only: the primary text has not yet been located, and its scores rest on language quoted in press coverage. Scores are judgment calls applied consistently by the published rubric.