Democrat wins state House seat in deep-red Alabama after campaigning for IVF and abortion rights – US politics live

Democrat wins state House seat in deep-red Alabama after campaigning for IVF and abortion rights – US politics live

Marilyn Lands’s surprise victory suggests reproductive rights are key issue for voters ahead of Biden-Trump rematch in November

Reproductive rights were also on the minds of the supreme court justices yesterday, when they considered a challenge by a conservative group to abortion medication mifepristone. But while many of the justices who heard the case voted to overturn Roe v Wade, the Guardian’s Carter Sherman and Jessica Glenza report they don’t appear inclined to take similar action against medication abortion:

A US supreme court hearing that held the potential to reshape abortion access and the US Food and Drug Administration’s authority did not go well for anti-abortion doctors behind the case, legal experts said on Tuesday.

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