Alabama Democrat Marilyn Lands focusing on abortion access, IVF in special election for state House seat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : ""Because of my counseling background, I feel like I'll be able to to get down there and really seek to understand before I'm understood," she said.
49% : "Lands wants to repeal Alabama's near total ban on abortion and is an advocate for the state's Right to Contraception Act -- a bill that would enshrine individuals' and health providers' right to use and distribute contraception.
40% : The race could test political consequences of the fight for reproductive rights.
37% : In a news conference with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee on Friday, she criticized the supreme court's IVF ruling, saying state legislation that restored halted access to in-vitro fertilization does not go far enough.
37% : "[Abortion and IVF] are two different issues and they're issues my opponents is trying to push together," Powell told ABC News.

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