This Week in Statehouse Action: Freedom, Baby! edition

or, Embryonic rights and Glenn Youngkin's Mojo Dojo Casa Arena

Okay yes my little “One-Act” thing ended up a bit longer than I originally intended, but once I started down that Tennessee rabbit hole, there was no stopping the avalanche of pique. Piquevalanch. 

But there’s plenty more to talk about this week, so here’s another thing you can read if you want.

Or not! 

Freedom is rad.

But freedom might end up as something of a dusty relic in states attacking reproductive rights.

• Obviously the big abortion policy news this week was the Alabama Supreme Court (which, yes, is all-elected and yes, a couple of women signed on to this abomination of a ruling, somehow) deciding that any and all embryos are “extrauterine children” and will likely effectively end the practice of IVF in Alabama.

  • Some extremely smart people have written about this, and two explainers I super recommend are this joint from Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern and this deeper dive from Vox’s Ian Millhiser.

    • If you’d like to read this grotesque ruling for yourself, have at it.

[[screams internally abo…