Biden calls ‘disregard’ for reproductive rights in conservative push ‘outrageous’ – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. For the latest on fallout in Alabama after the court's IVF decision, read our latest report:
The aftershocks from the Alabama supreme court's ruling that IVF embryos are children continue to reverberate across the state, the Guardian Carter Sherman reports:
A second Alabama provider announced that it will pause its in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments on Thursday, just days after the state supreme court ruled in a first-of-its-kind decision that embryos are extrauterine children".
What is happening in Alabama right now is only possible because Donald Trump's Supreme Court justices overturned Roe v. Wade. Across the nation, MAGA Republicans are inserting themselves into the most personal decisions a family can make, from contraception to IVF. With their latest attack on reproductive freedom, these so-called pro-life Republicans are preventing loving couples from growing their families. If Donald Trump is elected, there is no question that he will impose his extreme anti-freedom agenda on the entire country.
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