A bill allowing Floridians to collect civil damages for the wrongful death of an “unborn child” hit a roadblock on Monday, potentially dooming the controversial measure with about two weeks remaining in this year’s legislative session. State Sen. Erin Grall pulled the measure (SB 476), which critics contended could lead to “fetal personhood,” before an important committee meeting, a move that .
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — An Alabama Appeals Court is affirming the conviction of a man who killed five people and an unborn baby. Friday the court issued an order affirming its ruling against Dearman. Since 2020, lawyers for Dearman have been seeking to have his death penalty conviction thrown out on the grounds of a […]
Lawmakers began scrambling for ways to protect Alabama in vitro fertilization services after multiple providers paused services in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under a state law. Facing a wave of shock and anger from the decision, legislators prepared separate proposals in the House and Senate that would seek to prevent a fertilized egg from being recognized as a human life or an unborn child under state laws until it is implanted in a woman's uterus. Justices cited sweeping language that the GOP-controlled Legislature and voters added to the Alabama Constitution in 2018 saying that the state recognizes the “rights of the unborn child.”