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In the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court decision that affected access to in vitro fertilization treatments in the state, an Alabama Democrat overwhelmingly stunned her Republican opponent, taking a seat in the heavily GOP-leaning state's House of Representatives.
Lands will soon represent the state's 10th House district, which covers the southern and western suburbs of Huntsville. Democrats made the recent ruling that hampered IVF access a major issue in the election. They noted that the decision was made after conservatives on the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
In February,the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of couples who sued a hospital that stored their frozen embryos at the time they were destroyed. The couples sued the hospital under Alabama's Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. The court said that the act applies to all children, born and unborn, and without limitation. The court added that it is not up to them to craft limitations to the act.
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