1972 — India and Pakistan sign a peace accord, renaming the ceasefire line in Kashmir as the Line of Contro. Both sides deploy more troops along the frontier, turning it into a heavily fortified stretch of military outposts.
In Florida, sponsoring Republican Sen. Erin Grall told her colleagues the measure “is not about abortion.”“It’s not a secret. Everybody in the room knows where I stand on life,” Grall said. “To me this is about parity in our civil justice system.”
Critics see both the Florida and Kansas proposals as part of an effort to move from allowing states to ban abortion — as the U.S. Supreme Court did in its 2022 Dobbs decision — to outlawing abortion across the nation as a violation of a fetus’ or embryo’s constitutional rights.Mary Ziegler, a University of California, Davis law professor who’s published six books in the past 10 years on abortion law and the history of U.S. abortion policy, said this year’s Florida measure aligns with a “pretty well-defined and very public playbook” to build a legal framework for a national abortion ban.“It’s about setting a precedent for recognizing fetal rights in one context being used to recognize fetal rights constitutionally,” she said.
Florida considered a similar wrongful death measure last year, but it failed amid concerns about anthat frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. In vitro fertilization services stopped in Alabama until that state’s governor signed a
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Concerns about IVF services still linger among some lawmakers in the Florida state capital of Tallahassee, as well as among doctors and abortion rights advocates.and hired Stephanie White as coach and Amber Cox as general manager.
The Fever are +300 at BetMGM to win the WNBA championship, behindat +225 and Las Vegas at +275. Minnesota, at +400, is the other notable contender.
The Liberty (+225) also are the favorites at DraftKings Sportsbook, with the Fever, Aces and Lynx next at +370 each.“They’re a lot better team,” DraftKings race and sports operations director Johnny Avello said of the Fever. “We had them, I think, 100-1 to win it all opening last season. They took a lot of money. This year, they’re taking a lot of money again. That’s the one team that most people are interested in.”