State Auditor Andrew Sorrell doesn’t see any momentum to change Alabama’s abortion laws anytime soon.

This week, the Family Planning Association released the following report: study This marks the Yellowhammer state’s fifth-highest decline in abortions in the nation since the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade.

Sorrell, who was a member of the state Legislature when the 2019 Life Protection Act was passed, said it’s good news that abortions have decreased in Alabama.

“There’s nothing more gratifying than saving a life,” Sorrell told WVNN. “I believe that all lives are precious and that they were all created by God. This bill was introduced to us by Congressman Terry Collins of Decatur, and the bill is complete. It’s really, really solid. It was a pro-life bill.”

Sorrell said it was a wise move by Congress to pass such a strong bill before Roe V. Wade was overturned.

“I distinctly remember the Democrats in the chamber saying, ‘What a waste of time, haven’t you guys ever heard of Roe V. Wade?’ This is totally useless, base. They’re just trying to score cheap political points.” And lo and behold, the Roe V. Wade decision is overturned, and now Steve Marshall is suddenly tasked with enforcing the strictest and best abortion ban in the country. “I was forced to inflict it,” he said. “And he’s done a great job with that.

“And I think the fact that there are news articles coming out that talk about the decline in abortions in Alabama is a fact that Congress and Steve Marshall have established. [are] We are doing the right thing right now. ”

Some Democrats in Congress want to add more exceptions to the abortion ban, but Sorrell said he doubts they will be successful in arguing for such changes.

“Aside from a few isolated members that I have spoken to, there is no appetite in Congress,” he said, “but the majority of the public knows it is a lightning rod. Do you want to be a Republican who votes to weaken your state’s abortion laws? I mean, what happens in the primary? That seems like a one-way ticket to not getting re-elected…

“Who wants to be a Republican who sponsors weakening Alabama’s abortion law now that it was passed and went into effect in 2019? I don’t see that happening.”

Yaffee is a contributor to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee