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Alabama Supreme Court Fallout, Ukraine War Anniversary, Chinese Data Leaks

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🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Lawmakers in Alabama are working on a legislative solution to a recent state Supreme Court decision which ruled that a frozen embryo has the same rights as a child. How do lawmakers want to fix the issue? Tomorrow will mark the two-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We'll check with NPR's Joanna Kakissis to hear how people in Ukraine feel about the future. And a data leak from a Chinese technology company is giving the world a glimpse into the Chinese cyber spying ecosystem.

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Lawmakers in Alabama say they're working on a legislative solution following a state Supreme Court decision.

0:08.0

It ruled that a frozen embryo has the same rights as a child, so how do lawmakers want to fix the issue? I'm Michelle

0:13.7

Martin that's A Martinez and this is up first from NPR News.

0:18.6

Tomorrow will mark the two-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the

0:25.1

war continues. Many are wondering how long this will go on. We'll check with NPR's

0:29.4

Joanna Kekis us to hear how people in Ukraine feel about the future.

0:34.0

And a data leak from a Chinese technology company is giving the world a glimpse into the

0:38.0

Chinese cyber spying ecosystem.

0:41.0

We'll hear what the leaked documents reveal about China's hacking technology operations as well as who got hacked

0:46.3

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up first at check out. There's now some legislative movement in Alabama around a proposal to clarify whether a frozen

1:28.4

embryo should be considered a child.

1:30.8

After the Alabama Supreme Court said that that's the case under Alabama law, at least three fertility clinics in the state have halted or restricted services this week.

1:39.0

With us now is Kyle Gassett with Troy Public Radio Kyle. You are at the Capitol in

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Montgomery yesterday spoke to lawmakers. What do they tell you? Well A I spoke with

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State Senator Tim Nelson who's an anesthesiologist. He says he's sympathetic

1:52.3

to those who are spending time, effort, and money to have

1:54.7

children through IVF, and he's proposing a bill or fix, as he calls it, for the situation

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