When Your Home State Also Becomes Your Abuser
Gabriela Gonzalez had been dating her abusive boyfriend, Harold Thompson, for four months in the spring of 2023 when she got pregnant.
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GOP Senator Blocks Bill Protecting Access To IVF In Wake Of Alabama Ruling
WASHINGTON ― Democratic legislation seeking to protect access to in vitro fertilization across the country was blocked in the Senate on Wednesday by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.).
After Alabama Court Decision, Panic And Heartbreak In Fertility Clinics
Kate was scrolling through Facebook when she saw a news story about an Alabama court ruling on embryos. The 39-year-old Tennessean had been going to her fertility clinic across the border in Alabama for months, and she was exhausted. She and her husband had gone through several rounds of intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization, only for her first pregnancy to be nonviable.
Alabama IVF Clinic Halts Services After State Rules Frozen Embryos Are ‘Children’
The health system at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is the first fertility clinic to pause in vitro fertilization services in the wake of a sweeping state high court ruling.
Donald Trump Is Discussing National 16-Week Abortion Ban: Report
Former President Donald Trump has discussed supporting a national 16-week abortion ban, according to a Friday report from The New York Times.
Biden’s Support For Israel Is Fracturing The Reproductive Rights Movement
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris celebrated what would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade in late January — their first campaign event of 2024. The “Restore Roe” rally in northern Virginia made it clear that the Biden/Harris ticket will center abortion rights in the reelection campaign. The theater was filled with the president’s supporters, including leadership from national reproductive rights organizations who have endorsed him, including Planned Parenthood, the National Organization for Women and Reproductive Freedom for All.
Anti-Choice Group Used Phone Data To Target Planned Parenthood Visitors Nationwide
A national anti-abortion group used cell phone location data to target visitors of Planned Parenthood clinics in 48 states with abortion misinformation, according to an investigation from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
Republican Lawmakers Push Forward 2 Anti-Abortion Bills
Republicans in Congress are starting this year just like they did last year: pushing anti-abortion legislation.