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Legislation to lift state sales taxes on specific maternal, baby, and menstrual hygiene items has stalled but could reach Gov. Kay Ivey before the session ends. SB 62, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would remove Alabama levies from baby formula, baby bottles, baby wipes, breast milk pumping equipment, diapers, maternity clothing, and menstrual hygiene […] The post Bill cutting Alabama sales taxes on baby, feminine hygiene products awaiting final vote appeared first on Alabama Reflector

The movement to treat embryos as full-fledged people is taking a victory lap.

A trial court initially ruled embryos weren't legally considered "children." The Alabama Supreme Court overturned this decision, permitting three couples, whose frozen embryos were destroyed after being dropped by a wandering patient at a Mobile hospital, to pursue wrongful death claims.

Baldwin County's only democratic representative has filed two bills to fight against the state's recent abortion ban, but supporters say the legislation faces an uphill battle.Sen. Vivian Davis …

Even just the threat of punishment can be enough to stoke fear and make life difficult for abortion seekers, civil-rights experts told Insider.