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{{Infobox officeholder 

| name=William Ed Henry

| name=William Ed Henry

| office=Alabama State Representatives for District 9  (Franklin, Lawrence,<br> Morgan, and Winston counties)

| office=Alabama State Representatives for District 9  (Franklin, Lawrence,<br> Morgan, and Winston counties)

| term_start=November 3, 2010

| term_start=November 3, 2010

In 2016, Representative Henry co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He opposed additional funding for new prison facilities, a measure which nevertheless passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, he voted to authorize midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won House approval, 84-11. He voted to reduce the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted to permit continued judicial override regarding sentencing guidelines, but a bill to forbid such override passed the House, 78-19. Wood voted to prohibit alteration or removal of historic [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] monuments through the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, which passed the House, 72-29.<ref name=voting>{{cite web| url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/121505/ed-henry#.WfVIqLpFzb0|title=Ed Henry's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 28, 2017}}</ref>

In 2016, Representative Henry co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He opposed additional funding for new prison facilities, a measure which nevertheless passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, he voted to authorize midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won House approval, 84-11. He voted to reduce the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted to permit continued judicial override regarding sentencing guidelines, but a bill to forbid such override passed the House, 78-19. Wood voted to prohibit alteration or removal of historic [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] monuments through the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, which passed the House, 72-29.<ref name=voting>{{cite web| url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/121505/ed-henry#.WfVIqLpFzb0|title=Ed Henry's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 28, 2017}}</ref>

Henry announced in 2017 that he would contest the special U.S. Senate election to choose a successor to [[Jeff Sessions]], who became [[Attorney General of the United States]] under [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]. However, he never filed for the position and instead endorsed a fellow [[conservative]] Republican, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court [[Roy Moore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/roy_moore_gets_endorsements_fr.html|title=Roy Moore gets endorsements from 14 Alabama lawmakers|publisher=Al.com|date=August 22, 2017|author=Mike Casson|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref> Moore, who dispatched interim Senator and former state attorney general [[Luther Strange]] in the Republican runoff election, now faces a [[liberal]] Democrat, former United States Attorney Doug Jones, in the December 12 special election. When allegations of past sexual misconduct surfaced against Moore in the campaign, Henry argued that Moore's alleged victims "if they believe this man is predatory, they are guilty of allowing him to exist for forty years. Someone should prosecute and go after them. You can’t be a victim forty years later, in my opinion ... ludicrous ..."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/8c5508d1-dc9e-3363-8d49-5f33d75888c7/alabama-state-representative.html|title=https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/8c5508d1-dc9e-3363-8d49-5f33d75888c7/alabama-state-representative.html|title=Alabama state representative says Moore's accusers are "guilty of allowing him to exist"|publisher=Yahoo.com|acceassdate=November 10, 2017}}</ref>.

Henry announced in 2017 that he would contest the special U.S. Senate election to choose a successor to [[Jeff Sessions]], who became [[Attorney General of the United States]] under [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]. However, he never filed for the position and instead endorsed a fellow [[conservative]] Republican, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court [[Roy Moore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/roy_moore_gets_endorsements_fr.html|title=Roy Moore gets endorsements from 14 Alabama lawmakers|publisher=Al.com|date=August 22, 2017|author=Mike Casson|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref> Moore, who dispatched interim Senator and former state attorney general [[Luther Strange]] in the Republican runoff election,was then defeated by a [[liberal]] Democrat, former United States Attorney [[Doug Jones]], in the December 12 special election. When allegations of past sexual misconduct surfaced against Moore in the campaign, Henry argued that Moore's alleged victims "if they believe this man is predatory, they are guilty of allowing him to exist for forty years. Someone should prosecute and go after them. You can’t be a victim forty years later, in my opinion ... ludicrous ..."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/8c5508d1-dc9e-3363-8d49-5f33d75888c7/alabama-state-representative.html|title=https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/8c5508d1-dc9e-3363-8d49-5f33d75888c7/alabama-state-representative.html|title=Alabama state representative says Moore's accusers are "guilty of allowing him to exist"|publisher=Yahoo.com|acceassdate=November 10, 2017}}</ref>.

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