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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Thursday March 21, 2024 ( 3 items )  

ASRM PROVIDES TESTIMONY TO SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON THREATS FACING IVF
WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The American Society for Reproductive Medicine issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: In testimony delivered today to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) shared with the Committee the dangers to reproductive medicine nearly two years after the Dobbs decision. In its statement, ASRM said: "The Alabama Supreme Court's opinion in LePage undermines critical reproductive health care. Treating frozen embryos as   more

Freedom From Religion Foundation Calls Foul Over Religious Promotion in Ala. District Football Program
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 21 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that the Jefferson County School District in Alabama end religious coercion in its football program. FFRF has been informed that Oak Grove High School's head football coach has been using his position and his affiliation with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to infuse the school's football program with religion and promote his personal re  more

Mother-and-Son Team, Janet Liciaga and Chris Rodriguez, New Owners of TowBoatUS Weiss Lake, Alabama
CENTRE, Alabama, March 21 -- Boat Owners Association of the U.S. issued the following news release: On the 30,000-plus-acre "Crappie Capital of the World" -- Weiss Lake, Alabama -- anglers with skill and perhaps a little luck regularly land 2- and sometimes 3-pounders of the warm-weather-loving gamefish. However, sometimes an angler's luck runs out when their fishing rig breaks down, has a dead battery or runs over a stump, leaving them with no way to get home. New to the lake on their first bo  more