A court ruling that deemed #FrozenEmbryos “children” has motivated some patients & clinics to move embryos out of #RedStates.
The embryo migration is most striking in #Alabama, where the State Supreme Court ruled in Feb that #embryos were “unborn children.”
#law #SCOTUS #RoeVWade #ReproductiveRights #IVF #VoteBlue
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/health/ivf-embryos-alabama.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#Alabama has a near-total #AbortionBan, & #IVF services were paused last month because of a court ruling equating #FrozenEmbryos to children.
#MarilynLands defeated #Republican Teddy Powell to win the open legislative seat, acc/to unofficial returns Tues. Powell, a member of the Madison City Council, issued a statement conceding the race & congratulating Lands on her victory.
#law #AbortionRights #ReproductiveRights #AbortionIsHealthcare #FrozenEmbryos #embryos #personhood #VoteBlue
#MarilynLands, a Dem who made #ReproductiveRights a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply #conservative #Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature.
Lands’ victory in the suburban district in the #DeepSouth state was celebrated by #Democrats who have attempted to portray the state #GOP as too extreme on #abortion & reproductive rights.
#law #AbortionBan #IVF #FrozenEmbryos #embryos #personhood #AbortionRights #AbortionIsHealthcare #Vote
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-ivf-abortion-legislature-378c3fa32dcfc2d0401f3893828482af
A Democrat who made reproductive rights a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply conservative Alabama has won a special election to the Alabama Legislature. Unofficial returns show Marilyn Lands defeated Republican Teddy Powell to win the open legislative seat. Lands’ victory was celebrated by Democrats who have attempted to portray the state GOP as too extreme. Alabama has a near-total abortion ban. The state was recently in the national spotlight after a court ruling equating frozen embryos to children. Powell issued a statement conceding the race and congratulating Lands on her victory.
Do you know why embryos can be frozen?
#FunFact #Embryos #FrozenEmbryos #Babies #Facts #Alabamallelujah
The bill, signed into #law >3 wks after the #AlabamaSupremeCourt ruled that #FrozenEmbryos are people & individuals could be held #liable for destroying them, gives #criminal & #civil #immunity “for death or damage to an #embryo” related to #IVF. The unprecedented ruling alarmed #medical professionals & #ReproductiveRights advocates, who warned it would jeopardize IVF access. Several #Alabama providers halted IVF treatments w/in days of the decision.
#Alabama lawmakers pass #legislation to protect #IVF treatment
The AL #legislature voted Thurs to #protect #doctors doing IVF from #criminal or #civil #liability if #embryos they help to create are subsequently damaged or destroyed.
The fast action by both the House & Senate on bills to shield IVF came >2 wks after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that #FrozenEmbryos are people & that individuals could be liable for destroying them.
#ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/29/ivf-protections-alabama-legislature-bill/
#Alabama, #AlabamaSupremeCourt, #FrozenEmbryos, #AbortionRights, #RoeYourVote, #RoevWade, #PoliticalCartoon, #EditorialCartoon, @Rattoons1776
From the incomparable #JohnArchibald:
#Alabama Supreme Court is a #theocracy
#AlabamaSupremeCourt chief justice #TomParker was downright gleeful.
He quoted Genesis in his #sermon — I’m sorry, his concurring opinion — in the AL ruling that turned #IVF on its head by defining #FrozenEmbryos as children.
#law #ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/archibald-alabama-supreme-court-is-a-theocracy.html
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