
About this episode
Sarah and David dive into an Alabama Supreme Court case designating embryos as minors and explain how this might affect abortion policy at large.
The Agenda:
—Has Alabama banned in vitro fertilization (IVF)?
—Sarah’s experience with IVF
—The post-Roe world
—Climate scientist wins $1 million defamation case
—Fani Willis and Nathan Wade take the stand
—Donald Trump’s corporate death penalty
—AO advice column: marrying a lawyer
Show Notes:
—David Lat's Original Jurisdiction
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