Alabama joined a handful of other states in passing restrictive abortion legislation, and many news organizations took note of the fact that it was an all-male majority that passed the bill through the Alabama Senate (the state has zero GOP women state senators). Though the bill was introduced in the Alabama House by a woman and signed into law by a woman governor, the images of the all-male senate supporters of the bill became emblematic of the story generally, and a number of outlets called on CAWP for expertise. CAWP Director Debbie Walsh spoke to USA Today about the bill being well beyond public polling on the issue. She also spoke to All Things Considered and reminded NPR listeners that women are not monolithic on this issue, but also pointed out that this could also be a motivating factor for more women to demand political access. In a story for ABC News that looked at women's representation in the states passing abortion legislation, our associate director, Jean Sinzdak, also spoke about women being in the room on this topic: "Abortion is an issue in which women on both sides of the aisle are particularly passionate, and they feel that they, as women, are best suited to speak to it because of its direct effect on women." For The Washington Post, Kelly Dittmar noted that when South Carolina was debating its own bill, having a GOP woman who is pro-life and a supporter of the bill in the room for the discussion re-shaped their legislation. "The fact that there were zero Republican women in the Alabama Senate, I think that's problematic," Dittmar said, "even if those women would have voted with their male counterparts, it's still important to have women's voices in those debates."