Month: February 2024
Death tolls in Gaza have passed 30,000
Gaza’s health ministry has released a database of victims’ names after US President Biden said that he had “no confidence” in the figures they reported. Gaza’s health ministry published a database of victims’ names after Biden said he had “no confidence” in the figures they reported. In an interview with NPR, Biden said there is an estimated 10,000 people who are missing and presumed dead.
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Supreme Court seems to be torn over the ban
At the US Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch questioned the idea that the ATF could just change their interpretation of the machine gun law in order to ban bump stocks. In 2018, the federal government banned bump stocks for that reason, but gun enthusiasts have challenged the regulation in court, contending that only Congress has the power to enact such a ban.
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Alabama patients are running short of time
US’ Alabama Supreme Court has said that frozen embryos can be considered a child if they’re thawed after birth. The court ruled that freezing embryos can help people who want to have children but can’t get pregnant due to medical reasons. The court said that it’s up to the individual to decide whether to cryogenically freeze their embryos.
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Idaho prepares to execute a death row prisoner
In the US, 73-year-old death row inmate John Creech has been given a sedative before his scheduled execution on Wednesday. Creech was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murder of a 22-year-old man in 1994. Creech’s spiritual adviser will be allowed to stand next to him with a hand on his shoulder during the execution.
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In Arizona, abortion politics are playing out on the Senate campaign trail
Arizona Republicankari Lake said she thinks Alabama lawmakers “covering their butts” by considering a bill to protect in vitro fertilization (IVF) after the Alabama court ruled that frozen embryos are children. The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a memo warning candidates to “clearly and reject” efforts to enshrine in vitro fertilization, a treatment that some clinics have paused in the wake of the ruling.
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The Alabama court ruled in favor of the ‘children’ rule when it came to abortion
The US Supreme Court has upheld the right of foetuses to have live birth in a case that could lead to restrictions on abortion. The court ruled that foetuses are “persons” under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore have the right to “unborn life”. The lawsuit was filed by an Alabama IVF centre against the state’s laws.
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The Alabama court ruled that embryos are ‘children’
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that women in the US’ largest state can’t be prosecuted for attempting to get pregnant by taking abortion-causing drugs. Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker wrote that destroying life would “incur the wrath of a holy God”. Nine court justices disagreed, stating that it would “incur the wrath of a holy God”.
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The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryo are children in state law
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the use of frozen embryos in IVF and surrogacy. Alabama’s Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s ruling which had allowed the use of frozen embryos to fertilise a baby but barred them from being used to create children. It ruled that the fertilized egg has “an intrinsic right to life” and cannot be used to create a child.
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Two hospitals in Southern Gaza are not functioning
Israel has reduced one of Gaza’s biggest hospitals to a shelter for terrified patients and medical staff, the WHO said on Monday. The hospital had been under siege for nearly a month. The WHO added that 14 patients were evacuated from the hospital on Sunday, adding that there are more than 150 patients that need to be evacuated by the Israeli military.
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His team confirms his death
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who was sentenced to prison earlier this year, was found dead in his prison cell on Friday. A spokesperson for Navalny’s foundation, Kira Yarmysh, said that a note had been handed to Navalny’s mother. “They’re driving us around in circles and covering their tracks,” Yarmysh added.
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