Arkansas, Tennessee file suit over federal pregnant-worker protections rule • Arkansas Advocate
The attorneys general of Arkansas and Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking to halt enforcement of a new federal rule that requires employers to accommodate pregnant workers who want or need an abortion. The rule, finalized last week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, extends the 2022 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s definition of workplace […]
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Newsom calls out Republican abortion policies in new ad running in Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new ad blasts GOP efforts to make it harder for people to leave states with abortion bans and seek treatment elsewhere. Here, the Democrat and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom talk with people in Florida in 2023. (Mike Lang / Sarasota Herald-Tribune via AP) In Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new political advertisement, two […]
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Newsom calls out Republican abortion policies in Alabama ad | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
In Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new political advertisement, two anxious young women in an SUV drive toward the Alabama state line. The passenger says she thinks they’re going to make it, before a siren blares and the flashing lights of a police car appear in the rearview mirror. “Miss,” a police officer who approaches the window […]
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Marilyn Lands, backing reproductive rights, wins Alabama vote | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say illustrates voter backlash to extreme reproductive restrictions imposed by Republicans. Lands, a Democrat, on Tuesday decisively defeated Republican Teddy Powell to win the open House of Representatives seat in a […]
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The Alabama Supreme Court Justices Behind IVF Ruling | #elections | #alabama
On February 16, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos have the same legal rights as children in a move that immediately led the state’s largest hospital to pause in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. The judgment by nine Republican justices was unanimous in then concluding that “unborn children are children.” This means that the […]
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Alabama Democrat Marilyn Lands Wins Special Election With IVF, Abortion Rights Campaign | #elections | #alabama
Democrat Marilyn Lands won a special election in Alabama on Tuesday, scoring a state House seat in a long-held Republican district after running her campaign on IVF and abortion rights. Lands defeated Republican and Madison City Council member Teddy Powell in the state’s 10th district by a margin of approximately 25 percent, according to The […]
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Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say illustrates voter backlash to extreme reproductive restrictions imposed by Republicans. Lands, a Democrat, on Tuesday decisively defeated Republican Teddy Powell to win the open House of Representatives seat in a […]
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Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House | #elections | #alabama
Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say illustrates voter backlash to extreme reproductive restrictions imposed by Republicans. Lands, a Democrat, on Tuesday decisively defeated Republican Teddy Powell to win the open House of Representatives seat in a […]
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Democrat wins Alabama swing seat by 25% amid controversy over abortion and IVF | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A Democratic candidate won a swing seat in the Alabama state house by a whopping 25% margin in a race dominated by the controversy over Republican efforts to ban abortion and in-vitro fertilization. Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on a strongly pro-choice platform, won a special election to fill the suburban Huntsville 10th District, turning around […]
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Democrat Flips Seat in Alabama House After Running on Abortion Rights | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Marilyn Lands, a Democratic candidate for a state House seat in Alabama, won a special election on Tuesday, defeating Republican Teddy Powell. Lands focused her campaign on reproductive rights, including support for access to in vitro fertilization and abortion. The election was for a seat in Madison City, and it was previously held by a […]
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