Alabama's near-total abortion ban has made many of us furious, including Stephen Colbert, who tackled the legislation on The Late Show on Wednesday night.
"That, is either an overreach by the Alabama GOP, or some pretty intense viral marketing for the new season of The Handmaid's Tale," Colbert quipped.
"I don't get it. If a TV show has to become reality, why can't it be Star Trek, so they can beam me off this planet?"
The bill threatens doctors with 99-year jail terms if convicted of performing one in-state, and offers no exception for victims of rape or incest.
"By the time those doctors get out of jail in Alabama, it will be 1895," Colbert joked. If you don't laugh, you'll cry.
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