Join HIVE and our friends at MAD? Make a Difference on Friday, April 12, 2024 at 12 p.m. for a Zoom panel on IVF and reproductive healthcare in Alabama and beyond. We will talk with state leaders about the medical/legal impacts of the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that shut down IVF services here and could negatively affect more pregnancy/emergency care & contraception.

Please register for the Zoom here.

We will hear from:

1) Tracey Burkett, a young IVF user and legal advocate for victims of domestic violence, who sees a recent Alabama court ruling as attack on women’s health, especially for Black women;

2) Rep. Neil Rafferty (D-Birmingham), a state lawmaker who fears a recent state court ruling could restrict future access to IVF, contraception, and emergency pregnancy care;

3) Alison Mollman, legal director, ACLU of Alabama, who discusses the need to repeal the state’s 2018 personhood amendment and the resilience of Alabamians facing restrictions;

4) Courtney Andrews, ACLU’s Alabama reproductive rights policy strategist, will talk about legislative advocacy and polling data on this issue;

5) Tabitha Isner, vice chair of the Alabama Democratic Party, who says healthcare should not be a partisan issue, but the “war on reproductive freedom” is coming from one party: Republicans.

6) Elizabeth Anderson, Democratic nominee for Alabama’s 6th Congressional District, who will talk about the need for federal legislation to protect reproductive freedom.