‘Embryos same as children’: How a US court judgment impacts IVF, poses a problem for Republicans | Explained News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A February 16 ruling of the Alabama Supreme Court in the US, which said frozen embryos are akin to children, has raised questions on in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the political battle over reproductive rights in the country. In US politics, the debate over abortion is framed in terms of positions such as “pro-choice” and “pro-life”. […]
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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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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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Marilyn Lands, Who Ran on IVF and Abortion Issue, Hopeful After Alabama Win | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty Marilyn Lands has just won the special election for Alabama House District 10—a district where she, a Democrat who speaks openly about having an abortion, was a startling break from the status quo—by a whopping 25 percentage points. She could be basking in the glow of her victory […]
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Democrat Wins Big in Alabama With Pro-Choice Message | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Marilyn Lands makes her case in a Huntsville-area district. Photo: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images Last month’s shocking decision by the Alabama Supreme Court treating embryos created for IVF treatments as subject to wrongful-death laws accelerated an already powerful pro-choice backlash against Republican-backed anti-abortion extremism. That’s true even in Alabama itself, where […]
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Alabama’s Britt blasts Biden on economy, immigration in GOP State of the Union reply • Alaska Beacon | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
First-term U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night, and laid blame on Biden for a host of national and international crises — what she said is chaos at the border, in cities, in the economy and among U.S. allies. Britt stuck […]
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Why Katie Britt Is Responding to Biden’s State of the Union | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The junior senator from Alabama. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images It’s not unusual for the party that does not control the White House to choose a fresh face to respond to the president’s State of the Union address. And for Republicans, a party with a poor reputation for diversity, it’s even less unusual to ensure that […]
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U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization • Michigan Advance | #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 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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Alabama’s Britt blasts Biden on economy, immigration in GOP State of the Union reply • Idaho Capital Sun | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
First-term U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night, and laid blame on Biden for a host of national and international crises — what she said is chaos at the border, in cities, in the economy and among U.S. allies. Britt panned […]
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U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization • Nebraska Examiner | #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 state Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and that […]
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