At least 210 women faced criminal charges related to pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy loss, or birth in the year after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion, according to a new report from the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice. In most of the cases — 121 of the 210 —the …
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This week at a resort in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, delegates at the Republican Oarty convention quietly approved a platform with a retooled “Right to Life” plank. Journalists were barred from the proceedings, but reporter Logan Finney of Idaho Reports obtained the language ahead of the event and, reading it, it’s …
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M y recent trip to Montgomery, Alabama, wasn’t my first visit. I had previously explored the city and the sites associated with Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in 2019, in what turned out to be a pivotal moment — after Donald Trump’s ascent to power, but before the Covid-19 …
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Country-rock stalwarts Alabama have enlisted Old Dominion, Shenandoah, and more for June Jam XVIII, taking place June 1 at the VFW Fairgrounds in Fort Payne, Alabama. Alabama will close out the day, which will also feature performances from Lee Greenwood, Montgomery Gentry (featuring Eddie Montgomery), Mark Willis, Exile, John Berry, …
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The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling that embryos created using in-vitro-fertilization (IVF) are legally equivalent to people has caused absolute chaos as healthcare providers try to figure out the implications of this new legal status quo. It’s potentially massive and unsettling, as John Oliver pointed out the core absurdity on …
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The Alabama Supreme Court has declared that embryos created using in-vitro fertilization, or IVF, are people in the eyes of the law, a first-of-its kind ruling that is likely to have far-reaching ripple effects for women and health care providers across the state. The ruling stems from lawsuits filed by …
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The Supreme Court has ruled that Alabama can move forward with plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas — a method of execution by asphyxiation that has never been used in the United States. The court denied a stay of execution on Wednesday for Kenneth Smith, who …
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Three white men have been charged with assaulting a Black riverboat captain in Montgomery, Alabama over the weekend. The attack sparked a fight that was captured on video and shared widely on social media. Montgomery Police Chief Darryl J. Albert announced the charges, and accompanying arrest warrants, at a press …
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There is virtually no ambiguity in Alabama law: Abortion is banned at any stage of pregnancy, and anyone who performs one can be charged with a felony. But there is one caveat: Under current law, a pregnant person cannot be criminally charged in connection with her own abortion. A group …
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Jamey Johnson, Chapel Hart, Jake Owen, Exile, and Randy Travis will all appear at June Jam 2023, Alabama’s long-running charity concert benefiting disaster relief in Alabama. Set for June 3 in Fort Payne, Alabama, it marks the revival of the festival, first held in 1982. Along with Alabama’s Randy Owen …
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