Reproduction

Alabama

Alabama IVF ruling spurs a GOP reckoning on conception bills | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The split over how states should handle fertility treatments could force some abortion opponents in Congress to reckon with their support of long-standing abortion bills. The Alabama Supreme Court’s Feb. 16 ruling that frozen embryos used in in vitro fertilization or IVF are humans has ignited a firestorm over how to address personhood laws in […]

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Arkansas

Reactions from the Roe ruling in Arkansas

Protestors marched around the downtown Fayetteville square on Friday evening following a gathering at the Town Center. Photo: Worth Sparkman/Axios An estimated 1,000 advocates of abortion rights demonstrated at the Fayetteville Town Center Friday evening to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile: Arkansas’ Republican politicians were quick with statements […]

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Arkansas

The cost of an abortion ban in Northwest Arkansas

While it’s clear that an abortion ban in Arkansas would have a disproportionate effect on lower-income people, it’s unclear what the overall economic impact to the state would be. At least one study claims that restrictive reproductive health care policies, including an abortion ban, would cost the state $1.2 billion per year. The Institute for […]

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