{"id":2207214,"date":"2024-03-27T08:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T12:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-marilyn-lands-flips-gop-seat-in-alabama-after-running-campaign-on-ivf-and-abortion\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T08:58:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T12:58:36","slug":"democrat-marilyn-lands-flips-gop-seat-in-alabama-after-running-campaign-on-ivf-and-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-marilyn-lands-flips-gop-seat-in-alabama-after-running-campaign-on-ivf-and-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Marilyn Lands wins Republican seat in Alabama on platform highlighting IVF and abortion rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-marilyn-lands-flips-gop-seat-in-alabama-after-running-campaign-on-ivf-and-abortion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2207214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Alabama Democrats seized a House seat in a special election as Marilyn Lands focused on advocating for in \u200cvitro fertilization (IVF) protections. Lands defeated Republican Teddy Powell by a significant margin. Her victory signals a call for overturning Alabama&#8217;s strict abortion laws \u2063and expanding access to IVF treatments. Lands joins a minority Democratic group aiming to safeguard reproductive\u2064 rights amidst\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-ukraine-a-hawkish-biden-and-some-skeptical-gop-lawmakers-mark-role-reversal\/\" title=\"Biden takes tough stance on Ukraine, GOP lawmakers show skepticism in role reversal.\">changing\u2063 political landscape<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/elections\/2024\/03\/26\/democrats-republicans-abortion-ivf-alabama-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>flipped<\/a> an Alabama House seat on Tuesday in a special election after Democrat Marilyn Lands\u2019s campaign centered on in vitro fertilization protections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lands flipped a longtime <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican<\/a> district in Alabama after running her campaign on IVF protections in the state following a controversial state Supreme Court opinion that threatened the procedure. She beat Republican Teddy Powell by a wide margin of 25 percentage points. The district is politically centrist but has had a Republican representative for years. Trump won by only 1 percentage point in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, Alabama women and families sent a clear message that will be heard in Montgomery and across the nation,\u201d Lands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/26\/abortion-winning-strategy-alabama-democrat-00149205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a statement following her win. \u201cOur legislature must repeal Alabama\u2019s no-exceptions abortion ban, fully restore access to IVF, and protect the right to contraception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lands joins a small Democratic minority in the Alabama House that said it is committed to protecting access to IVF and appealing a statewide abortion ban.<\/p>\n<p>Her victory adds to the wins for Democrats campaigning on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-cnn-says-project-lincolns-tiki-hoax-raised-legitimate-questions-about-youngkin\/\" title=\"Nolte: CNN Says Project Lincoln's Tiki Hoax Raised 'Legitimate' Questions About Youngkin\">protecting reproductive rights<\/a>. Since the <em>Dobbs<\/em> <em>v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em> decision, which overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, Democrats have found footing in battleground states by campaigning for abortion rights and protections. The Left has also found success in running against Republican opposition to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Powell\u2019s campaign tried to avoid the subject of abortion or IVF. While he advocated local matters such as fixing roads and supporting schools, Powell accused Lands of trying to turn the special election into a national contest. The Biden campaign commented on Lands\u2019s win, saying it was a warning for former President Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, the voters in Alabama\u2019s 10th House District elected a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deepest-fears-are-coming-true-abortion-lobby-plots-response-to-likely-overturn-of-roe\/\" title=\"\u2018Deepest Fears Are Coming True\u2019: Abortion Lobby Plots Response To Likely Overturn Of Roe\">pro-choice champion<\/a> in Marilyn Lands, sending Trump and extreme MAGA Republicans a clear message: They know exactly who\u2019s to blame for restricting their ability to decide how and when to build their families and they\u2019re ready to fight back,\u201d Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/politics\/2024\/03\/alabama-democrat-marilyn-lands-win-a-major-warning-for-trump-biden-campaign-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Conservative-leaning states have protected abortion rights in the wake of <em>Dobbs<\/em>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-primary-elections-kansas-abortion-b6d62a852c2ce4617f2c03589fbb523e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kansas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=michigan+abortion+movement&#038;sca_esv=7d016e4bff3234fd&#038;ei=EoDrZaHFJryg5NoPl56s0A0&#038;ved=0ahUKEwihlvGXy-WEAxU8EFkFHRcPC9oQ4dUDCBE&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=michigan+abortion+movement&#038;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGm1pY2hpZ2FuIGFib3J0aW9uIG1vdmVtZW50SIwlUM8PWLAicAR4AZABAJgBVaABsQSqAQE4uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIKoAKtA8ICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAggQIRigARjDBMICChAhGAoYoAEYwwSYAwCIBgGQBgiSBwIxMKAHyg4&#038;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6332951\/ohio-abortion-referendum-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ohio<\/a>, voters protected abortion rights in their states. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/kentucky-voters-reject-constitutional-amendment-on-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kentucky<\/a> voters blocked an amendment to their state\u2019s constitution that would have denied any constitutional protections for an abortion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Lands\u2019s campaign, she made abortion a personal matter. In one TV ad, she shared her abortion story about terminating a nonviable pregnancy. She said women in Alabama today would have to cross state lines for a similar procedure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s shameful that today, women have fewer freedoms than I had two decades ago,\u201d Lands said in the ad.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democrat secured an Alabama House seat in a special election as Marilyn Lands focused her campaign on protecting in vitro fertilization. She flipped a traditional Republican district after a state Supreme Court opinion jeopardized IVF. Lands defeated the Republican candidate, marking a significant win for her campaign centered on reproductive rights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2207215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alabama-IVF-1024x594.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alabama-IVF-1024x594.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2207215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2207214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2207214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}