reproductive rights

Alabama

Alabama IVF ruling highlights importance of state supreme court races in this year’s US elections | National | #elections | #alabama

CHICAGO (AP) — The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children created a political firestorm after the decision halted treatment for many couples seeking to have families through fertility treatments. It also has turned the spotlight on the importance of institutions that are poised to play a central in this year’s […]

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Alabama

Alabama IVF ruling highlights importance of state supreme court races in this year’s US elections | #elections | #alabama

CHICAGO (AP) — The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children created a political firestorm after the decision halted treatment for many couples seeking to have families through fertility treatments. It also has turned the spotlight on the importance of institutions that are poised to play a central in this year’s […]

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Alabama

Alabama IVF ruling highlights importance of state supreme court races in this year’s US elections | #elections | #alabama

CHICAGO — CHICAGO (AP) — The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children created a political firestorm after the decision halted treatment for many couples seeking to have families through fertility treatments. It also has turned the spotlight on the importance of institutions that are poised to play a central in […]

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Alabama

The emerging Republican theocracy – People’s World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Credit: Robert Reich In a case centering on wrongful-death claims for frozen embryos that were destroyed in a mishap at a fertility clinic, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last Friday that frozen embryos are “children” under state law. As a result, Alabama in-vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics are ceasing services, afraid to store or destroy any embryos. The […]

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Alabama

Alabama IVF ruling puts spotlight on state plans for tax breaks and child support for fetuses | #elections | #alabama

TOPEKA, Kan. — The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a person underpins far less dramatic laws and proposals from abortion foes across the U.S. Lawmakers in at least six states have proposed […]

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Alabama

Alabama IVF ruling puts spotlight on state plans for tax breaks and child support for fetuses | #elections | #alabama

TOPEKA, Kan. — The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a person underpins far less dramatic laws and proposals from abortion foes across the U.S. Lawmakers in at least six states have proposed […]

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Alabama

Alabama embryo ruling raises concerns for IVF availability across the country – NBC Boston | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

One week after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are considered children under state law, the decision is putting the future of IVF treatments at risk. While clinics in Alabama start to pause fertility treatments as a result of the decision, patients in Massachusetts said they are concerned about what could come next. “The […]

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Alabama

Alabama IVF ruling may be an opening for Democrats in 2024 | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republicans joined Democrats in expressing alarm over a ruling this week by the Alabama Supreme Court that jeopardized future access to in vitro fertilization, giving allies of President Joe Biden new fuel for their efforts to center abortion access in the presidential election. “We’ve got to talk about making sure we […]

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Arkansas

Other states’ ballot successes provide model for Arkansas abortion initiative

Rachel Spencer with Arkansans for Limited Government encourages attendees at a rally on Jan. 28, 2024 at the Fayetteville Town Center to support a ballot initiative to expand abortion access in the state. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate) The thought of starting a family in a post-Roe world left Rachel Spencer feeling scared and powerless, so she […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas Gears Up for Difficult Abortion Amendment Campaign

Wednesday marked the beginning of a campaign for what promises to be one of the country’s most hard-fought abortion rights battles. Arkansas’s Republican attorney general, Tim Griffin, has certified a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment on abortion that could appear on the November ballot. His decision gives the organizers, Arkansans for Limited Government, the go-ahead to begin […]

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