99 years for a doctor. Months for a rapist. This is “pro‑life” in Alabama. In Alabama, a doctor who performs an abortion can be charged with a Class A felony — the same category as murder — and sentenced to up to 99 years in prison. The Human Life Protection Act makes almost every abortion a crime, with no exceptions for r*pe or incest. A physician who helps a 12‑year‑old r*pe survivor end a pregnancy can literally die behind bars for doing their job. Now compare that to how our system has treated actual rapists. Over and over, men who sexually assault unconscious women have walked away with a few months in county jail, or even just probation, because judges say a longer sentence would be “too harsh” or “ruin their life.” The message is sickeningly clear: the state is more eager to cage the doctor who helps a victim than to lock up the man who assaulted her in the first place. This isn’t an accident. It’s the logical result of a movement that talks about “innocent life” while doing almost nothing to protect living, breathing women and girls. Lawmakers had every chance to write laws that throw the book at r*pists. Instead, they poured their energy into laws that threaten OB‑GYNs with decades in prison and scare hospitals into turning away patients in crisis. When a state hands out a possible life sentence for abortion and a slap on the wrist for sexual violence, that state is telling us whose lives matter — and whose don’t.