Washington (CNN) An Alabama state lawmaker is facing backlash for saying some "kids are unwanted" so you "kill them now or kill them later" in opposing a bill that would criminalize abortion.

"Some kids are unwanted, so you kill them now or kill them later," Democratic state Rep. John Rogers said Tuesday before the bill's vote in the House, according to video from WVTM-TV. "You bring them into the world unwanted, unloved, then you send them to the electric chair. So you kill them now or you kill them later."

"But the bottom line is that I think we shouldn't be making this decision," he said in arguing against House Bill 314, which would make abortion a felony for doctors with a sentence of up to 99 years in prison.

Rogers' comments came as he argued the House bill's lack of exception for rape or incest is "atrocious."

"I'm not about to be the male to tell a woman what to do with her body," he said. "She has a right to make that decision herself."

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