Arkansas lawmakers advance proposal to double state-funded pregnancy resource center grant • Arkansas Advocate
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An Arkansas legislative panel on Thursday approved the doubling of a taxpayer-funded grant to support pregnancy resource centers, which are often religiously affiliated and discourage abortion while encouraging birth. Republican leaders statewide have held up pregnancy resource centers as critical since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 and Arkansas subsequently […]
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What Marilyn Lands’ win says, and what it doesn’t • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
One thing is clear from Marilyn Lands’ House District 10 victory: Abortion still motivates Democrats. Lands turned a seven-point loss in 2022 into a 25-point romp on Tuesday. And for the first time since 2002 – when then-Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman almost pulled off a shocking re-election upset – Alabama Democrats came out of an […]
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Huntsville-area voters to choose state representative in rare competitive race • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Next Tuesday will feature something rare in Alabama: a competitive legislative election. The contest will take place in House District 10, covering south Huntsville, southern Madison County and parts of Madison. Madison City Councilman Teddy Powell, the Republican nominee, will face Democratic nominee Marilyn Lands, who ran in 2022. The seat opened after former Rep. […]
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Marilyn Lands, Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips Alabama House seat • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Democratic candidate Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on reproductive rights and chipping away at Alabama’s near-total abortion ban, won a special election Tuesday for a Huntsville-area state House seat. Decision Desk HQ, a website that reports election results, called the race for Lands shortly after 8:30 p.m. As of 9:22 p.m. Tuesday, Lands had 3,715 votes […]
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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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Arkansas governor’s campaign manager leads abortion amendment opposition group • Arkansas Advocate
Supporters of ballot initiatives on abortion, medical marijuana and education said they’re not concerned about the formation of a new opposition group led by an adviser to Arkansas’ governor. Stronger Arkansas is chaired by Chris Caldwell, a political consultant who served as Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ 2022 gubernatorial campaign manager. Caldwell will also lead her […]
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Maine’s attorney general tells Republican AGs their policies make shield laws necessary • Arkansas Advocate
The national debate over what sorts of health care are legal and protected has centered on Maine, with some state attorneys general condemning a bill that would ensure out-of-state patients and Maine medical professionals who provide reproductive health services and gender-affirming treatments aren’t penalized by other states’ laws. On Tuesday, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey […]
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Trump comes out against Alabama IVF ruling as national Republicans scramble for distance • Michigan Advance | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former President Donald Trump called on Alabama lawmakers Friday to “find an immediate solution” to remedy a state Supreme Court ruling that threatened the availability of in vitro fertilization, and national Republicans running for Congress sought to distance themselves from the Alabama decision as well. In a post to his social media site, Truth Social, […]
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U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization | #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 could collect […]
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Trump comes out against Alabama IVF ruling as national Republicans scramble for distance | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former President Donald Trump called on Alabama lawmakers Friday to “find an immediate solution” to remedy a state Supreme Court ruling that threatened the availability of in vitro fertilization, and national Republicans running for Congress sought to distance themselves from the Alabama decision as well. In a post to his social media site, Truth Social, Trump said […]
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