The Alabama House of Representatives is set to debate a near-total ban on abortion Tuesday, and the sponsor remains steadfast that she will not accept amendments to provide exemptions for rape and incest.

That could potentially raise problems for the bill if it gets to the Senate.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, would ban abortion in all cases except when the woman’s life was in danger or if she was diagnosed with a “serious mental illness” that could result in harm to her or the child. No allowance would be made for victims of sexual assault. Collins says the bill is meant to provide a legal challenge to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court opinion that legalized first-trimester abortion.

“As I mentioned in committee and mentioned again on the floor, what the goal of the bill is, is to actually address the decision of Roe v. Wade, based that a baby in a womb is not a person,” Collins said in an interview Friday. “Anything that dilutes that message weakens the argument.”

Performing an abortion would be a Class A felony, punishable by 10 to 99 years in prison or a $60,000 fine. Attempting to perform an abortion would be a Class C felony, with an imprisonment term ranging from one to 10 years in prison and a $15,000 fine.

The bill is opposed by abortion rights groups, who say that it will lead Alabama into a costly legal fight that it will lose. An email seeking comment from Planned Parenthood Southeast, which runs clinics in Birmingham and Mobile, was not immediately returned. But in a statement after the House Health Committee approved the measure on April 17, after an hour of emotional testimony from supporters and opponents, PPSE President and CEO Staci Fox said called the measure intrusive.

“Already this year, lawmakers who claim to want small government have levied a controversial gas tax and are now inserting themselves in the most personal, private decisions of Alabama’s women,” the statement said. “Time and time again, the courts have confirmed abortion bans are unconstitutional, which means that if passed, this bill will wind up at the center of an expensive legal battle, costing Alabama millions of dollars that it just doesn’t have.”

The legislation has enough co-sponsors to pass out of the House, and House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, said Thursday he wasn’t sure whether there would be attempts to address rape and incest.

“I know there have been some discussions about that, but I’m not aware of any amendments that have been prepared,” he said.

A message seeking comment was left with House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, on Friday.

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The lack of exemptions, though, seemed to make Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, uncomfortable.

“I’ve always had a position on any pro-life bills that you have to take consideration of rape, incest, the health of the mother,” he said on Thursday. “What I understand with this particular one is that’s not the case, that it’s no exceptions. I’ve got to look at it. I’ve got a little bit of a problem and I want to talk to the sponsor and understand where this direction is.”

Collins said Friday she had not yet spoken with Marsh but said she would to ensure senators “knew the reasons” behind the legislation.

Collins' bill, HB314, is one of many attempts at overturning Roe v. Wade that Republican-controlled state legislatures have pushed this year. Ohio, Mississippi and South Carolina have all passed bills that ban abortion at the detection of a fetal heartbeat. Collins pushed similar measures in previous years, but they did not come out of the Alabama Legislature.