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How abortion views could impact elections in Illinois in 2024 | #elections | #alabama

Following a flipped seat in the Alabama Legislature, abortion-rights advocates say a roadmap exists for Illinois Democrat challengers in the November election. Marilyn Lands’ victory in deeply conservative Alabama last month overturned a district long held by Republicans, her campaign focusing on the state’s near-complete abortion ban and ensuring protection for in vitro fertilization after […]

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Alabama DEI law is the latest GOP effort to gloss over America’s past | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

When you think of the Civil Rights Movement, you probably think about Alabama. The state is associated with the worst of the Jim Crow Era, but also the people who stood against it. It’s a shame that Alabama’s legislators would rather not talk about these things. Last week, the Alabama Legislature passed SB129, a law […]

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Gov. Kay Ivey signs bill to protect ‘integrity of Alabama elections’ | #elections | #alabama

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed SB1 into law Wednesday, a measure that bans ballot harvesting and makes it a potential Class C felony to receive payment for assisting in the distribution, filling out, delivering, and ordering of absentee ballots applications. Ballot harvesting is the act of collecting individual ballots, by an organization or individual person, […]

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Rep. Lori Trahan talks IVF experience ahead of Biden SOTU | #elections | #alabama

The daily injections, the multiple surgeries, the constant visits with doctors, the emotional, physical, financial, burden—and the frequent heartbreak: Rep. Lori Trahan, Democrat of Massachusetts, remembers those days painfully well. She is one of hundreds of thousands of women who turn to IVF, or in vitro fertilization, every year as the “last hope” to start […]

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Kamala Harris slams Alabama court ruling on frozen embryos, IVF | #elections | #alabama

WASHINGTON ― Vice President Kamala Harris slammed the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision that frozen embryos should be considered children under state law, arguing the ruling is already having dangerous consequences for women in the state. “This decision is outrageous − and it is already robbing women of the freedom to decide when and how to […]

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Donald Trump asks Alabama to reverse court decision on embryos and IVF | #elections | #alabama

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Facing attacks on the Republican Party’s opposition to abortion rights, former President Donald Trump called on Alabama lawmakers Friday to reverse a state Supreme Court decision that has nearly halted in vitro fertilization in that state. “We want to make it easier for mothers and fathers to have babies, not harder!” […]

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Education, economy key issues for session | #elections | #alabama

Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter said Wednesday that improving education and continuing to bolster the state’s economy will be key priorities for the upcoming legislative session. “Alabama ranks 18th in the country when it comes to school choice,” he said during a Montgomery Chamber of Commerce event. “We’ve done a lot of things that have […]

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What to know before Tuesday’s House District 16 special election | #elections | #alabama

Democrat John Underwood will face Republican Bryan Brinyark on Tuesday in the Alabama House of Representatives District 16 special election. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Voting is open to residents of House District 16, which includes Fayette County in north central Alabama, as well as northern Tuscaloosa County and western […]