{{short description|American politician}} {{Use American English|date=June 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Clyde Chambliss | image = | caption = | state_senate = Alabama | district = 30th | term_start = November 5, 2014 | term_end = | predecessor = Bryan Taylor | successor = | birth_name = Clyde Lee Chambliss Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|4|16}} | birth_place = Prattville, Alabama, U.S. | party = Republican | spouse = Tara Herring | education = University of Alabama }}
'''Clyde Lee Chambliss Jr.''' (born April 16, 1969) is an American Republican politician who has served in the Alabama Senate from the 30th district since 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/chambliss_defeats_garner_in_se.html |title=Clyde Chambliss defeats Harris Garner in Senate District 30 GOP primary |publisher=AL.com |date=2014-07-15 |accessdate=2018-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislature.state.al.us/aliswww/ISD/ALSenator.aspx?OID_SPONSOR=85906&OID_PERSON=7692 |title=Clyde Chambliss |publisher=Legislature.state.al.us |date= |accessdate=2018-05-19}}</ref> He completed his degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama in 1992, after which he started his civil engineering firm.
== Alabama abortion law == In May 2019, he sponsored the Human Life Protection Act, which bans all abortions except in the case of endangerment to the mother’s health. Abortions in the cases of rape and incest are banned under the statute, which subjects those who perform abortions to a prison sentence of 10 to 99 years.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Trotta|first=Daniel|date=2019-05-15|title=Alabama Senate bans nearly all abortions, including rape cases|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-alabama-idUSKCN1SK13E|access-date=2020-12-29}}</ref><ref name="CBS1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=16 May 2019|title=Alabama governor signs near-total abortion ban into law|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-abortion-law-governor-kay-ivey-signs-near-total-ban-today-live-updates-2019-05-15/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516000924/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-abortion-law-governor-kay-ivey-signs-near-total-ban-today-live-updates-2019-05-15/ |archive-date=2019-05-16 |access-date=2020-12-29|website=CBS News|language=en-US}}</ref> When asked about the issue, Chambliss said: "When God creates the miracle of life inside a woman’s womb, it is not our place as human beings to extinguish that life."<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Timothy|last2=Blinder|first2=Alan|date=2019-05-14|title=Lawmakers Vote to Effectively Ban Abortion in Alabama (Published 2019)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/us/abortion-law-alabama.html|access-date=2020-12-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
The legislation only applied to zygotes or fertilized eggs that are inside the womb, not those used in fertility treatments. Chambliss explained the discrepancy, "The egg in the lab doesn’t apply. It’s not in a woman. She’s not pregnant."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-29/why-alabama-s-abortion-law-includes-an-exemption-for-infertility|title=Why Alabama's Abortion Law Includes an Exemption for Infertility|date=2019-05-29|access-date=2019-06-05|language=en}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* [https://www.bamapolitics.com/alabama/alabama-government-officials/profiles/clyde-chambliss/ Political profile at Bama Politics] * [https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/79831/clyde-chambliss-jr Vote Smart - Clyde Chambliss profile] {{Alabama State Senate}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chambliss, Clyde}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Republican Party Alabama state senators Category:People from Prattville, Alabama Category:21st-century members of the Alabama Legislature