While the Alabama ruling and the specific circumstances driving it have caught many by surprise, critics point out that it didn’t happen in a vacuum, and note that it is part of the ongoing fight against reproductive rights, which has historically centered on abortion. Advertisement - Co...
Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the debate over abortion access is playing out in elections and the courts.
Davis, law professor who is a leading historian on the abortion debate in the U.S. Not only is it the most popular, but medication abortion is "one that is uniquely important at a time when abortion is a crime in a lot of places," she continued. ...
Right now, there’s astay on the Mississippi abortion ban, and in Texas, SCOTUS allowed legal challenges to the law to continue. But there hasn’t been a major decision one way or the other just yet. If, however, there is a fall ofRoe v. Wade, the impact would be far-reaching. T...
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos created during fertility treatments should be considered children.
Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that frozen embryos made through in vitro fertilization, or IVF, are children under the law. The ruling opened the door to potential wrongful death claims if an embryo did not survive the process."If you've never experienced the hell that is ...
In a way analogous to the fact that a white pastor in Alabama is no longer going to be the modal Christian over a Ugandan pastor when most of the world’s Christians are in Africa. Will there be some loosening of the association of Muslims with Arabs, when an Indonesian or Nigerian can...
Alabama Alabama resident Larry Gene Heath in 1981 hired a pair of hitmen to kill his pregnant wife. The two men kidnapped her and murdered her in Georgia, where Heath was eventually tried for murder. Later that year he was indicted in Alabama for capital murder, which prompted Heath to ...
State decisions can affect reproductive rights beyond abortion access. Just look at Alabama. In February, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. Embryos are routinely cryopreserved in the course of in vitro fertilization treatment, and the rulin...
Alabama will throw to Delaware to begin the roll call — a nod to President Joe Biden's home state and his legacy. Delaware’s roll call will feature Sen. Chris Coons and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester. Texas’ roll call will feature Kate Cox, who shared her powerful personal abort...