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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

The Republican party wants to turn America into a theocracy

Nikki Haley speaks into a microphone
‘Christian nationalism is also closely linked with authoritarianism.’ Photograph: David Yeazell/AP

In a case centering on wrongful-death claims for frozen embryos that were accidentally destroyed at a fertility clinic, the Alabama supreme court ruled last Friday that frozen embryos are “children” under state law.

As a result, several Alabama in-vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics are ceasing services, afraid to store or destroy any embryos.

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