Trump comes out against Alabama IVF ruling as national Republicans scramble for distance • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former President Donald Trump called on Alabama lawmakers Friday to “find an immediate solution” to remedy a state Supreme Court ruling that threatened the availability of in vitro fertilization, and national Republicans running for Congress sought to distance themselves from the Alabama decision as well. In a post to his social media site, Truth Social, […]
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U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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 Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents could […]
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U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama to deliver GOP response to State of the Union • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama will deliver the Republican rebuttal following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress on March 7. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana said Thursday that Britt will share her story as a mother and as the first woman elected to serve Alabama in the […]
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Who’s not discussing the Alabama IVF ruling? State judicial candidates. • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling declaring frozen embryos human beings set off an uproar in the state and around the nation. But one group has remained largely silent on the issue. The Alabama Reflector reached out to judicial candidates at all appellate levels, including chief justice, about the Feb. 16 ruling. Nearly all declined comments […]
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