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Arkansas

U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization

WASHINGTON — U.S. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama state Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents […]

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Arkansas

Proposed Arkansas ballot measure would make abortion access a constitutional right

The Arkansas Attorney General’s Office will decide Tuesday whether a proposed measure to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right will go on the 2024 statewide ballot. State government entities would not be allowed to “prohibit, penalize, delay or restrict” Arkansans’ access to abortion up to 18 weeks of pregnancy under the Arkansas Reproductive Healthcare Amendment, […]

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Alabama

How the Dobbs decision affects women and children | News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The average number of days a child remains in foster care is over 618. According to the Alabama Department of Human Resources, there are more than 5,800 kids in the foster care system in Alabama, a number that could soon increase with the potential for more births after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. This compares […]

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