‘License to kill’: Anti-abortion groups rage against the GOP
The anti-abortion movement is turning on Republican lawmakers who support bills to protect in vitro fertilization, accusing them of sanctioning murder. Read more at Politico
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The Alabama Embryo Opinion Is About More Than Christian Nationalism
These are not blue-blazer Southern Baptists. This is the demon-mapping, prophecy-believing, spiritual-warfare, end-times-army, take-the-U.S.-Capitol-for-the-heavenly-Kingdom crowd—a movement that has its own history, its own superstars, and an agenda that goes beyond saving souls, or drawing upon faith to influence policy, as Americans of many religions do. Read more at The Atlantic
The Anti-abortion Movement’s Attack on Wanted Pregnancies
In the nearly two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, we’ve witnessed the sober consequences of denying abortions to people who desperately want them. Women have been forced to continue pregnancies that have almost killed them, and given birth to children they can’t afford to care for, children conceived by rape, and … Read more
Legal implications of the Alabama law restricting IVF
How states giving rights to fetuses could set up a national case on abortion Ziegler said each new law passed creates a cumulative effect. The more times a state recognizes a fetus as a person in one area of law, the easier it will be for lawyers to make the argument that it’s inconsistent that … Read more
Iowa Republicans pass personhood bill that critics say could threaten IVF care
The bill in its current form does not provide any protections for embryos created via IVF — which, according to Democrats in the state and reproductive rights advocates, means the measure could easily be interpreted as criminalizing IVF care and services. Read more at NBC News
Larry Hogan declines to say whether he’d support a federal law to codify Roe v. Wade
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday declined to say whether he would vote to protect in vitro fertilization or codify Roe v. Wade into federal law if Maryland voters send him to the Senate in November. Read more at NBC News
Johnson won’t say if destruction of embryos during IVF process is murder
He added that Congress would not take up the issue, leaving it up to the states. Read more at Politico
Group tied to anti-abortion Trump mega-donors pours money into Alabama supreme court race
A group connected to anti-abortion, billionaire Trump mega-donors has funneled more than half a million dollars to an Alabama supreme court judicial candidate who said “embryos were human beings whose lives begin at fertilization”. Read more at The Guardian
‘Scratching their heads’: State lawmakers take a closer look at personhood laws in wake of Alabama ruling
More than a third of states consider fetuses to be people at some point during pregnancy. Any one of them could be the next Alabama. Read more at Politico
Trump’s pick for chair of the Republican Party opposes “the destruction of human embryos”
The position of the North Carolina GOP under Whatley on embryos mirrors a recent decision by the Alabama Supreme Court. On February 16, Alabama’s highest court ruled that frozen embryos are “children” — entitled to the same legal protections as an infant or a third grader. This was based on a religious conviction of when … Read more