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Nonilex<p>A court ruling that deemed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FrozenEmbryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenEmbryos</span></a> “children” has motivated some patients &amp; clinics to move embryos out of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedStates</span></a>.</p><p>The embryo migration is most striking in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a>, where the State Supreme Court ruled in Feb that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/embryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embryos</span></a> were “unborn children.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/health/ivf-embryos-alabama.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=c-cb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/08/12/health/</span><span class="invisible">ivf-embryos-alabama.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=c-cb</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> has a near-total <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionBan</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> services were paused last month because of a court ruling equating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FrozenEmbryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenEmbryos</span></a> to children.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarilynLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarilynLands</span></a> defeated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> 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 &amp; congratulating Lands on her victory.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionIsHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionIsHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FrozenEmbryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenEmbryos</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/embryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embryos</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/personhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personhood</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarilynLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarilynLands</span></a>, a Dem who made <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a>, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature.<br>Lands’ victory in the suburban district in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeepSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSouth</span></a> state was celebrated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> who have attempted to portray the state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> as too extreme on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> &amp; reproductive rights.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionBan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FrozenEmbryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenEmbryos</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/embryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embryos</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/personhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personhood</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionIsHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionIsHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/alabama-ivf-abortion-legislature-378c3fa32dcfc2d0401f3893828482af" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/alabama-ivf</span><span class="invisible">-abortion-legislature-378c3fa32dcfc2d0401f3893828482af</span></a></p>
Rasta<p>Do you know why embryos can be frozen?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FunFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FunFact</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Embryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Embryos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FrozenEmbryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenEmbryos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Babies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Babies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alabamallelujah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabamallelujah</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The University of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Birmingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birmingham</span></a>, which stopped treatments after the ruling, said…that it was“moving to promptly resume” treatments.<br>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> also shields “manufacturers of goods used to facilitate” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> or the transport of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/embryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embryos</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> charges, but stops short of providing blanket <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> for those companies.
While the law provides <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> immunity for clinics providing IVF, it doesn’t stipulate whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FrozenEmbryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenEmbryos</span></a> are people, as the AL Supreme Court did.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dobbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dobbs</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The bill, signed into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> &gt;3 wks after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlabamaSupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlabamaSupremeCourt</span></a> ruled that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FrozenEmbryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenEmbryos</span></a> are people &amp; individuals could be held <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liable</span></a> for destroying them, gives <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> “for death or damage to an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/embryo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embryo</span></a>” related to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a>. The unprecedented ruling alarmed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> professionals &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> advocates, who warned it would jeopardize IVF access. Several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> providers halted IVF treatments w/in days of the decision.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveHealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveHealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dobbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dobbs</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> lawmakers pass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> to protect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> treatment</p><p>The AL <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislature</span></a> voted Thurs to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protect</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a> doing IVF from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liability</span></a> if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/embryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embryos</span></a> they help to create are subsequently damaged or destroyed.<br>
The fast action by both the House &amp; Senate on bills to shield IVF came &gt;2 wks after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FrozenEmbryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenEmbryos</span></a> are people &amp; that individuals could be liable for destroying them.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/29/ivf-protections-alabama-legislature-bill/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/nation/2024</span><span class="invisible">/02/29/ivf-protections-alabama-legislature-bill/</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> In other rulings: <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Frozenembryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frozenembryos</span></a> in <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> are now legally permitted to carry firearms.</p>
Crooks&Liars<p><a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/AlabamaSupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlabamaSupremeCourt</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/FrozenEmbryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenEmbryos</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/AbortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionRights</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/RoeYourVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeYourVote</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/RoevWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoevWade</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/PoliticalCartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCartoon</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/EditorialCartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EditorialCartoon</span></a>, @Rattoons1776</p><p><a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2024/02/sweet-holy-alabama?utm_source=social&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_content=85375" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crooksandliars.com/2024/02/swe</span><span class="invisible">et-holy-alabama?utm_source=social&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_content=85375</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>From the incomparable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnArchibald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnArchibald</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> Supreme Court is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlabamaSupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlabamaSupremeCourt</span></a> chief justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TomParker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomParker</span></a> was downright gleeful.</p><p>He quoted Genesis in his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sermon</span></a> — I’m sorry, his concurring opinion — in the AL ruling that turned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> on its head by defining <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FrozenEmbryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrozenEmbryos</span></a> as children.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/archibald-alabama-supreme-court-is-a-theocracy.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">al.com/news/2024/02/archibald-</span><span class="invisible">alabama-supreme-court-is-a-theocracy.html</span></a></p>
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