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Alabama

Will Alabama IVF ruling motivate voters in state for 2024 election? | #elections | #alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — When Ashley Stork first gave birth to her daughter, the moment felt very “surreal.” For years, Stork didn’t know if she’d ever have children. She experienced a miscarriage in 2010 and an ectopic pregnancy in 2017 that resulted in the removal of her left fallopian tube. “It was very lonely and very […]

Alabama

Alabama ruling reminds Republicans abortion is the 2024 issue | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Republicans up and down November’s ballot were always going to be on the back foot when it comes to access to abortion and other reproductive health issues. Now they have to answer questions about in vitro fertilization and access to contraception as well. A ruling this month by Alabama’s Supreme Court made clear just how […]

Alabama

Senate Republicans reject national protections | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers came out in droves over the weekend to say they support in vitro fertilization in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos should be considered children. But Senate Democrats plan to test that support, putting up legislation on Wednesday to outlaw limitations on “assisted reproductive technology” such […]

Alabama

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 […]

Mayor

Governors and mayors want Biden’s border visit to bring real change

On the same day President Joe Biden announced he’s headed to the southern border this week, the New York City Fire Department discovered 40 West African migrants cramped into a small Queens basement behind a furniture store sleeping in dangerous conditions. It was the latest troubling scene from a migrant humanitarian crisis that has forced […]

Alabama

Pritzker takes abortion rights campaign to Las Vegas | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

On the heels of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling defining frozen embryos as people, Gov. JB Pritzker is open to legislation that further protects access to in vitro fertilization in Illinois. The ruling in Alabama could lead to criminal charges for doctors that botch IVF procedures in the state has led to several hospitals putting […]

Alabama

Will Alabama IVF ruling sway voters from Trump to Biden? | #elections | #alabama

With two healthy boys born by IVF, Crystal Rusch and her husband faced a deeply difficult decision: What should they do with their three remaining embryos that could one day become more children? As Catholics, Rusch and her husband always believed in the sanctity of life, and they didn’t want just destroy their embryos they […]

Alabama

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!” […]

Alabama

Alabama Supreme Court frozen embryos decision may imperil IVF | #elections | #alabama

The IVF community is reeling from a new Alabama court decision that embryos created during the in-vitro fertilization process are “extrauterine children” and legally protected like any other child. IVF advocates say the ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court could have far-reaching consequences for millions of Americans struggling to get pregnant, especially those living in […]

City Council

All-female city council in St. Paul makes history | #citycouncil

The city council in St. Paul, Minnesota is now made up entirely of women, a first not only in the city’s history but also likely among major cities in the U.S. The council, comprised mostly of women of color and all under 40 years old, was sworn in Tuesday and began the city’s business at […]