Democrats have already seized on the issue, which could complicate Republican plans to win back suburban women.
Damn, if only there was some solution for Republicans. Some way for them to not become massively unpopular after passing their agenda.
I agree it’s a headache - I simply can’t conceive of a way they could’ve avoided this problem.
That’s actually a small blessing because if I could then Alabama wouldn’t let me get rid of it.
They installed those draconian anti-abortion rules, now this, their “grub the pussy” guy is going to go to jail or become party elect or both and yet the November elections are far from certain. How democrats can screw up that much? A dog should be able to landslide this election against republicans.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
An Alabama court ruling that frozen embryos created through fertility treatment are children has delivered an election-year opportunity for Democrats - and a political headache for Republicans.
While the ruling does not ban or restrict IVF, several medical providers in the state cited fears of legal repercussions as they paused fertility services in recent days.
Shana Gadarian, a political science professor at Syracuse University, said: “In other words, restricting IVF is going to be unpopular even among conservative and Republican voters and is an extreme position not shared by most Americans.”
Other Republican office-holders have either avoided the issue altogether, or steered a middle ground, distancing themselves from the few hardline conservatives who do support restricting access to fertility treatment and contraception.
Nikki Haley, Mr Trump’s last challenger for the Republican White House nomination, initially agreed in the wake of the Alabama court ruling that “embryos are babies”.
Jessica Andreae, director of operations of the pro-life ProLove Ministries, told the BBC at the event near Washington DC that she agreed with the Alabama court that embryos should be considered human life, but added that it “is a very complex issue for me”.
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