If Alabama really cared about the children...
They wouldn't be 49th in education... (See also: FrankC)
They wouldn't have the second highest infant mortality rate of all the states...
They wouldn't be 48th in healthcare.
No- they have no deep respect for the sanctity of life (hell, the put a man to death the same day they passed the insane abortion law)- This is all about controlling women and 'putting them in their place'.