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☆ For Women Undergoing I.V.F. In Alabama, What Now?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Eduardo Medina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Natalie Brumfield, 41, cried as she read about the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that embryos in test tubes should be considered children. But on Wednesday, she learned that her clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system was halting I.V.F. “I don’t know what this means now,” Ms. Capilouto said on Wednesday, minutes after learning that her dream of having a child would be indefinitely suspended. Questions like hers are echoing across the country after the court’s ruling, which was handed down Feb. 16. The potential national implications remain unclear, but many women in Alabama are wondering how this new classification for embryos — one rooted in a religious belief — will affect their own journeys toward motherhood, a process that for many who seek I.V.F.

Persons: Natalie Brumfield, Brumfield, Emily Capilouto, Ms, Capilouto Organizations: Alabama, University of Alabama Locations: Birmingham, Alabama

☆ Fertility Clinic Errors Collide With a Redefinition of ‘Personhood’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Azeen Ghorayshi | Sarah Kliff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the fertility patients whose embryos were destroyed at an Alabama clinic, the circumstances must have been shocking. The bizarre incident was at the center of lawsuits filed by three families that eventually reached the Alabama Supreme Court. On Friday, a panel of judges ruled that the embryos destroyed at the clinic should be considered children under state law, a decision that sent shock waves through the fertility industry and raised urgent questions about how treatments could possibly proceed in the state. Yet the accident in the Alabama clinic echoes a pattern of serious errors that happen all too frequently during fertility treatment, a rapidly growing industry with little government oversight, experts say. From January 2009 through April 2019, patients brought more than 130 lawsuits over destroyed embryos, including cases where embryos were lost, mishandled or stored in freezer tanks that broke down.

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☆ About 42% of US adults know someone who died by overdose, new survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“Lately, there’s been so many overdose deaths that were inadvertent. She applauded the new RAND survey for shedding light on what adults go through when they lose someone to overdose. “Those are some of the regions where we see the highest number of overdose deaths. This is also rarely discussed in scientific and policy circles,” Pollini said of the RAND survey. “Because the data come from a survey of adults, the study does not provide insight into how overdose deaths impact children.

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☆ Alabama Hospital Paused I.V.F. Treatments After Court Ruling
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system, which includes the state’s largest hospital, announced today that it would pause in vitro fertilization treatments after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children. While it evaluates the legal ramifications, the health system said that it would continue performing egg retrievals from women seeking fertility treatment, but that it would not undertake the next steps in the process: combining the eggs with sperm in a lab for fertilization. The State Supreme Court ruled on Friday that an 1872 statute allowing parents to sue over the wrongful death of a minor child applies to “unborn children.” The decision was criticized by the White House, reproductive medicine scientists and some legal experts who warned that the ruling could have profound effects beyond Alabama.

Organizations: University of Alabama, Alabama, White Locations: Birmingham, Alabama

☆ What is in vitro fertilization, or IVF, and why does it include freezing eggs? Experts explain
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Over 8 million babies have been born using this technology.”Another technology important to the IVF process is cryopreservation of embryos — or freezing after the egg is fertilized. As infertility experts warned about the impact on assisted reproduction, experts spoke to CNN to share what people should know about IVF and freezing eggs. Freezing embryos is helpful for genetic testing, Feinberg said. Freezing the eggs in the meantime keeps the eggs viable while health care providers look into genetic factors. If one cycle of IVF can result in multiple embryos, freezing the embryos can keep those that were not implanted viable for future use, McLean said.

Persons: Zev Williams, ”, Pempel, Eve Feinberg, Mamie McLean, Feinberg, McLean, ” McLean, Williams, ” Feinberg Organizations: CNN, Columbia University Fertility, “, Alabama, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Alabama Fertility, Physicians Locations: United States, Birmingham

CNN —The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system is pausing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment following an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that found frozen embryos are children, the health system said in a statement to CNN. UAB said it was pausing IVF treatments while it evaluates the court’s decision. In the sole full dissenting opinion to the decision, Alabama Supreme Court Justice Greg Cook warned of the potential consequences. Critics have also expressed concerns the ruling creates a road map that groups and legislators across the country who have previously targeted fertility treatments can now follow. “This cruel ruling, and the subsequent decision by UAB’s health system, are horrifying signals of what’s to come across the country,” she said in her Wednesday statement.

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☆ Haley sides with Alabama Supreme Court on IVF ruling: ‘Embryos, to me, are babies’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Ebony Davis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Wednesday sided with the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death. The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system said Wednesday that it is pausing IVF treatment following the ruling. And one religious group is already using the Alabama ruling as precedent in a Florida abortion rights case, signaling the impact this ruling can have on the national abortion landscape following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. While the unprecedented ruling does not prohibit IVF, it’s the first known case in which a US court said frozen embryos are human beings. And then when you look at that, then you make the decision that’s best for your family,” she later said.

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☆ After Ruling, University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System Pauses I.V.F. Procedures
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Anna Betts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system announced on Wednesday that it was pausing in vitro fertilization treatments as it evaluated the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos should be considered children. “We are saddened that this will impact our patients’ attempt to have a baby through I.V.F.,” a statement from the health system said, “but we must evaluate the potential that our patients and our physicians could be prosecuted criminally or face punitive damages for following the standard of care for I.V.F. treatments.”The health system’s Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility will continue performing egg retrievals from women seeking fertility treatment, the statement said, but it will not undertake the next steps in the process — combining the eggs with sperm in a lab for fertilization, and allowing embryos to develop — for now. “Everything through egg retrieval remains in place,” the statement said. “Egg fertilization and embryo development is paused.”

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☆ An Alabama judge ruled that frozen embryos are people, and reproductive rights advocates are sounding the alarm
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In its decision, which has already drawn criticism from reproductive rights advocates, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos have the same rights as living children under Alabama's Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. AdvertisementSome experts on reproductive rights are already sounding the alarm over the new ruling. "This is a cause of great concern for anyone that cares about people's reproductive rights and abortion care." AdvertisementThe case reached the Alabama Supreme Court after a lower court dismissed the couples' claims, though they later appealed. Later this year, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on access to mifepristone, a drug that can terminate a pregnancy alongside misoprostol.

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☆ A State Court Ruling on I.V.F. Echoes Far Beyond Alabama
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Roni Caryn Rabin | Azeen Ghorayshi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children has sent shock waves through the world of reproductive medicine, casting doubt over fertility care for would-be parents in the state and raising complex legal questions with implications extending far beyond Alabama. On Tuesday, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said the ruling would cause “exactly the type of chaos that we expected when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and paved the way for politicians to dictate some of the most personal decisions families can make.”Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as President Biden traveled to California, Ms. Jean-Pierre reiterated the Biden administration’s call for Congress to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law. “As a reminder, this is the same state whose attorney general threatened to prosecute people who help women travel out of state to seek the care they need,” she said, referring to Alabama, which began enforcing a total abortion ban in June 2022.

Persons: Karine Jean, Pierre, Roe, Biden, Jean, Wade Organizations: White House, Air Force Locations: Alabama, California

☆ Renters facing eviction have a higher risk of death, and mortality surged during Covid-19 pandemic, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The general population also experienced excess mortality during this time, but the risk started higher for renters and rose exponentially for those threatened with eviction. From January 2020 through August 2021, the risk of death for renters facing eviction was 2.6 times greater than it was in the general population, the study found. During the baseline period of 2010 to 2016, the mortality rate was 1.4 times higher for renters facing eviction than it was for the general population. Another study from December explored the risk between rising rent costs and mortality risk. Eviction filings were down 45% during the first two years of the pandemic, according to the new study.

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☆ Opinion: I witnessed an execution and regretted it. Now I’m not so sure
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Opinion Jonathan Eig | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A small group of people, including five journalists, witnessed the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith. The Angolite, the Louisiana State Penitentiary’s inmate-run news magazine, published photos revealing the seared flesh of a man who’d died in the chair. Soon after Prejean’s execution, the Louisiana legislature passed laws mandating lethal injections for executions. Around the time I witnessed Prejean’s execution, roughly 80% of Americans said they approved of the death penalty, according to a Gallup poll. Prejean, who was convicted and executed for the murder of Donald Cleveland, a Louisiana state trooper, was 17 at the time of the murder.

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☆ My mom had me when she was 40. It created a uniquely honest bond between us.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Muriel Steinke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My mom had me when she was 40 years old. I've never thought of her as an old mom despite me being a geriatric pregnancy. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementBy the time I was born, my mom was a fully formed adult, complete with a prefrontal cortex and a closet full of skirt suits. By allowing me to see all sides of her personhood, she raised me to be a good adult rather than just a good kid.

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The GOP has been softening its stance on Russia ever since Trump won the 2016 election following Russian hacking of his Democratic opponents. Now the GOP's ambivalence on Russia has stalled additional aid to Ukraine at a pivotal time in the war. Things are changing just not fast enough.”Those who oppose additional Ukraine aid bristle at charges that they are doing Putin's handiwork. Even before Trump, Republican voters were signaling discontent with overseas conflicts, said Douglas Kriner, a political scientist at Cornell University. Skeptics of Ukraine aid argue the war has already decimated the Russian military and that Putin won't be able to target other European countries.

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Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesSchools won't get the information they need to award financial aid until next month, forcing them to adapt. Just this past week, Virginia Tech, for example, said it had moved its admissions deposit deadline for first-year college students to May 15. More than 17 million students use the FAFSA every year to receive financial aid for their college education. Rachel Reniva of Dothan, Alabama, said the financial aid decision will affect not only her son’s future but also her entire family’s. Although Jaramillo lives in Toronto, he is a U.S. citizen and thus eligible for financial aid.

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☆ A ‘Natural’ Gas Pipeline in the South Will Be Disastrous - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Earlier this month, the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company announced its intention to build the South’s largest gas pipeline in more than a decade. The Union of Concerned Scientists instead uses “methane,” “fossil gas” and “gas” as interchangeable terms for this greenhouse gas which, in its first 20 years of reaching the atmosphere, has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide. The problem with gas is not simply that it’s a fossil fuel or that gas pipelines routinely leak and can explode. And it’s not simply that gas is a human health and environmental nightmare. Perhaps the most damaging problem with gas pipelines is that they permit the construction of new gas-fired power plants that will be in service for decades.

Organizations: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, Carolinas, of, Environmental Defense Fund Locations: Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, American, Southern

Purdue claimed the top overall seed over reigning national champion Connecticut in the first look at the potential top 16 seeds for the NCAA Tournament. Those two teams have topped The Associated Press men's college basketball poll for five straight weeks, though with the Huskies at No. 1 regional seeds, with North Carolina sitting at fifth overall as the top No. 3 region seeds. 4 seeds to round out the list.

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☆ Danielle Mckinney Never Thought Her Paintings Would Be Seen Like This
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( M.H. Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’m a visual artist, and my favorite song is “Kiss of Life” by Sade. [TRANQUIL MUSIC] What I love about Sade is that she’s a very private person. She comes out with a big, loud voice, a powerful female voice, and then she goes back in herself. Sade was the first sound of music for me as a child when I was eight years old. [SADE, “KISS OF LIFE”]: “The color of love.” [CHUCKLES]: I know.

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They eat a lot.”Many states have rejected federal funds on principle or for technical reasons. Twenty-two states have turned down the mostly federally funded expansion of Medicaid eligibility to provide health insurance to more lower-income adults. Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesThe Summer EBT program, a response to increased child hunger when school is out, involves much less money. Bill Lee's office said the initiative is a pandemic-era benefit and that other food programs already exist. But Crystal FitzSimons, director of school programs at Food Research and Action Center, cited research that families buy more nutritional food when their grocery subsidies increase.

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☆ Missing in Alabama: A Radio Tower, and ‘The Sound of Walker County’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Eduardo Medina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The radio tower peeking out over dense woods and poultry farms had an AM signal just strong enough to serve WJLX’s intended audience: the people in and around Jasper, Ala., who wanted to hear the Jasper Vikings’ Friday night high school football broadcasts and news of the burger specials at Alabama Stackers on 19th Street. Then, “The Sound of Walker County,” as the station has long billed itself, went silent. The tower, all 190 feet of it, had vanished — its 3,500 pounds of spindly steel beams possibly sliced into pieces and dragged away earlier this month by thieves, the police said. “Who in the world steals a radio tower?” said Brett Elmore, the station manager, recalling his bewildered reaction when a maintenance worker explained to him why the station he often calls “my life” had been knocked off the air.

Persons: WJLX’s, “, ”, Brett Elmore Organizations: Jasper Vikings, Alabama Stackers Locations: Jasper , Ala, Walker County, ”

☆ Mortgage rates shoot to 2-month high after new report shows inflation is still hot
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Homebuyers are facing a worsening affordability situation with mortgage rates hovering around the highest levels in more than a decade. Mortgage rates shot higher Friday after a monthly government report on wholesale prices showed inflation is still persistent and hotter than most analysts had expected. Mortgage rates hit their last high in October but then fell sharply over the next two months, leveling out at around 6.6% in December. In February's report, builders said they expected mortgage rates to continue to moderate in the coming months. "And while mortgage rates still remain too high for many prospective buyers, we anticipate that due to pent-up demand, many more buyers will enter the marketplace if mortgage rates continue to decline this year."

Persons: Matthew Graham, Alicia Huey Organizations: Mortgage News, . Census, National Association of Home Builders Locations: Albany , California, Birmingham , Alabama

Opinion What Sourdough Taught Me, in the Pandemic and BeyondInside one tablespoon of active sourdough starter, the fermented culture made of flour and water used for thousands of years to leaven bread, there are billions of microorganisms. How to create a sourdough starter Repeat until bubbling with life. Add flour, water and salt. Add flour, water and salt. To avoid this exponential growth, a portion of sourdough starter is traditionally discarded at every feeding, which means there’s plenty to go around.

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FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Francis Marion center Lauryn Taylor set the NCAA record for all divisions with 44 rebounds in the Patriots' 85-62 win over North Greenville on Thursday night. Taylor is a 5-foot-11 senior who pulled down 30 defensive rebounds and 14 on the offensive boards in the Division II game for the most ever in an NCAA contest. Taylor surpassed the Division II mark of 36 set by Christine DeSaine of West Virginia Tech against Ohio Valley in 1995. The old NCAA mark was 40 by Deborah Temple of Delta State versus Alabama-Birmingham in a Division I contest on Feb. 14, 1983. Taylor, from Blythewood, South Carolina, broke the Francis Marion mark of 32 set by LaRue Fields in a win over South Carolina in 1976.

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The Deep South state is exploring adding the newest execution technique of oxygen deprivation using nitrogen gas, which was used in Alabama last month, and bringing back electrocution. However, between a new conservative governor and the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas, there has been a renewed push to find alternatives to lethal injection. Photos You Should See View All 22 ImagesThe idea of using of nitrogen gas for executions is gaining traction elsewhere in the country. While exploring the use of nitrogen gas has come as no shock to political experts Louisiana, reinstating electrocution has surprised some. Today, only eight states allow for electrocution — however, seven of them have lethal injection as primary method, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate voted Wednesday to put a politically appointed board in control of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, a change proposed after some lawmakers were upset about the department hosting a lecture on LGBTQ+ history. State senators also approved legislation that would allow local government officials to dismiss library board members they appointed if they become displeased with their performance. He said the change would ensure board members are responsive to elected officials. Board members are selected by a vote of the trustees and confirmed by the Alabama Senate. Elliott said existing state law gives city councils the ability to appoint library board members but currently gives no mechanism for removal.

Persons: Sen, Chris Elliott, ” Elliott, “, Bobby Singleton, Elliott, ”, ” Singleton, Fred Gray, Rosa Parks Organizations: The Alabama, Alabama Department of Archives, Alabama, Representatives, Alabama Senate Locations: MONTGOMERY, Ala, Rosa, Montgomery

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