Alabama boycott gains pace as abortion law sparks dismay

Taos, US — A movement to boycott Alabama over its near-ban on abortion gained momentum on Thursday as officials in Maryland and Colorado called for economic retaliation and online flyers urged people not to buy anything in, or from, Alabama. A day after the southern state passed the country's most restrictive abortion law, Maryland's Democratic comptroller, Peter Franchot, said he would advise his state's $52bn pension fund to divest from Alabama, and urged other states to follow suit. Colorado's Democratic secretary of state Jena Griswold called for a boycott of Alabama and urged the Election Center, an organisation that trains election officials from across the country, to move out of the state. The hashtag #BoycottAlabama gained momentum online, with activists calling for boycotts of products ranging from Mercedes-Benz cars to broiler chickens that are produced in Alabama. "The radical anti-abortion bill signed into law yesterday by the governor of Alabama is a malicious assault ...

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