Closing summary
This time tomorrow, Republican voters across South Carolina will be casting ballots in the state’s presidential primary, and all signs point to yet another victory for Donald Trump. Polling shows him with a mammoth lead over his last remaining challenger Nikki Haley, who happens to be the state’s former governor. In a call with reporters today, her campaign manager reiterated that she has no plans to quit, and argued Trump would be a far worse opponent against Joe Biden in the November general election.
Here’s what else happened today:
Trump announced “strong support” for IVF, days after Alabama’s supreme court ruled that embryos used in the procedure are “children” and major providers of the care canceled appointments.
Biden decried Republican House speaker Mike Johnson for not allowing the chamber to vote on new aid to Ukraine while giving lawmakers a two-week break.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee warned its candidates against supporting the Alabama supreme court ruling against IVF.
Even in her home state, Haley faces plenty of skepticism as she presses on with her presidential campaign.
Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic leader, squabbled with Republican Lindsey Graham after he criticized Biden for not calling Vladimir Putin a “terrorist”.
Alabama’s attorney general does not plan to prosecute IVF providers after the state supreme court ruled last week that embryos from the care are “children,” NBC News reports.
IVF providers feared the decision by the state’s highest court could open them up to civil and criminal penalties in instances where embryos are destroyed. According to NBC, Katherine Robertson, chief counsel for Alabama’s Republican attorney general Steven Marshall, said she “has no intention of using the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision as a basis for prosecuting IVF families or providers.”
