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A container with frozen embryos and sperm stored in liquid nitrogen is removed at a fertility clinic in Fort Myers, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments. The decision was issued in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

DNC runs billboards tying Trump to Alabama’s IVF upheaval

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the campus of George Mason University in Manassas, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, to campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in the upcoming presidential election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden firm on nebulous legal rights to abortion; speaks for issue he’s not big on

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Women's March, April 15, 2023, in Los Angeles. Harris is embracing her role as the Democrats' leading champion for abortion rights in the 2024 election. She's headed to Wisconsin on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, for the first in a series of nationwide events focused on the issue. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Abortion fight puts Vice President Harris at center of 2024 election campaign

By Chris Megerian and Colleen Long - Associated Press

Dani Thayer, left, and Marina Lanae, right, both of Tulsa, Okla., hold pro-choice signs outside the state Capitol, Wednesday, April 13, 2022, in Oklahoma City. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Friday, Jan 19, 2024, an Oklahoma hospital did not violate federal law when doctors told a woman with a nonviable pregnancy to wait in the parking lot until her condition worsened enough to qualify for an abortion under the state's strict ban. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) **FILE**

House Democrats slam Republicans in new abortion ad on anniversary of Roe v. Wade

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks while visiting firefighters at the Allentown Fire Training Academy, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Allentown, Pa. Earlier in the day, Biden had stopped into a trio of Pennsylvania stores to stress the value of small businesses and talk up his economic record. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden marks Roe anniversary by launching initiatives to protect abortion access

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Supporters of Issue 1, the Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment, attend a rally in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 8, 2023. The Biden campaign is betting big on abortion rights as a major driver in the 2024 presidential election. But the economy, foreign policy, immigration and inflation are also major issues for voters, as Biden tries to boost his low poll numbers. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)

Democrats believe abortion will motivate voters in 2024. Will it be enough?

By Colleen Long and Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. A measure has been introduced in the U.S. House to ban imported products containing minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries but mined through child labor and other abusive conditions in Congo, where China has enormous mining stakes. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)

House Republicans pass pro-life bills before Roe v. Wade anniversary

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Arizona Supreme Court Justices from left; William G. Montgomery, John R Lopez IV, Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chief Justice Robert M. Brutinel, Clint Bolick and James Beene listen to oral arguments on April 20, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state Supreme Court races in 2024, with big spending expected

By Christine Fernando and Andrew DeMillo - Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

VP Harris will lean into abortion fight with U.S. tour in early 2024

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Demonstrators march and gather near the Texas state Capitol in Austin following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis asked a court Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, to let her terminate the pregnancy, bringing what her attorneys say is the first lawsuit of its kind in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

In post-Roe landscape, women seek permission from courts for abortions

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments over abortion pill

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Jillaine St.Michel sits for a portrait in Boise, Idaho on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. A year earlier, she learned that her previous 20-week fetus had multiple genetic and developmental problems and probably wouldn’t survive. She lives in Idaho, which has a ban on abortions, so St.Michel and her husband called about 15 out-of-state clinics, finally getting on a three-week waiting list in Denver and a two-week waiting list in Seattle. Pregnant again, she is due to give birth to a boy in January. (AP Photo/Kyle Green)

Abortion delays have grown more common in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned

By Laura Ungar - Associated Press

Abortion-rights supporters chant their objections at the Kentucky Capitol, April 13, 2022, in Frankfort, Ky. A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, challenging the state's sweeping abortion ban, saying the right to terminate a pregnancy is crucial for people to "control their lives.” The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, says Kentucky's near-total prohibition against abortion violates the plaintiff's rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner, File)

Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for right to get an abortion

By Bruce Schreiner and Kimberlee Kruesi - Associated Press

Virginia state Senate candidate Russet Perry, poses for a photo with campaign volunteer Kerry Kidwell and her pet dog "Coty" during a campaign stop in the Cascades area of Sterling, Va., Sept. 16, 2023. Democratic candidate Perry, a prosecutor and former CIA officer, is running for a seat that could decide control of the Virginia state Senate in November. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Virginia is the next big battleground for abortion rights and may send a signal for 2024

By Sarah Rankin and Sara Burnett - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Pray Vote Stand Summit, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump seeks to mend fences with pro-lifers after blasting Florida’s heartbeat bill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Former Vice President and current 2024 Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence receives safety instructions before his turn to shoot during the 10th annual Jasper County GOP trap shoot on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, at Jasper County Gun Club in Newton, Iowa. Four Republican presidential hopefuls, made a campaign stop at the event to speak with constituents and shoot a few rounds. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette via AP)

Donald Trump’s GOP rivals try to attract social conservatives in Iowa at an event he skipped

By Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

FILE: A woman holds up a sign with a message that reads in Spanish; "I will decide" as she joins a march demanding legal, free and safe abortions for all women, marking International Safe Abortion Day, in Mexico City, Sept. 28, 2022. Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, has decriminalized abortion nationwide. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Benjamin Watson’s open letter to Mexico: Don’t follow our lead on abortion

By Benjamin Watson – Special to Higher Ground

President Joe Biden walks over to speak with reporters after taking a pilates and spin class at PeloDog, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden campaign leans into abortion fight, uses GOP debate rhetoric in new ad

By Tom Howell Jr. and Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

People attend an abortion-rights rally at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022. State courts in Utah and Kansas are planning to hear arguments Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in legal challenges involving new abortion laws since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Media’s stress on all-male South Carolina court overlooks that men decided Roe

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - Pastor Michael Shover of Christ the Redeemer Church in Pella, left, argues with Ryan Maher, of Des Moines, as protestors voice opposition to a new ban on abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy introduced by Republican lawmakers in a special session in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 11, 2023. An Iowa judge on Friday, July 14, will consider a request to postpone the state’s new ban on most abortions, just as Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to sign the measure into law in front of 2,000 conservative Christians barely a mile away. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)

NFL great Benjamin Watson: In a post-Roe world, saving lives starts with changing lives

By Benjamin Watson -- Special to Higher Ground