内容摘要：LONDON (AP) — Gary Lineker, the former England soccer player who became a

LONDON (AP) — Gary Lineker, the former England soccer player who became a

The bill advancing in Florida would allow parents to file lawsuits over the wrongful death of a embryo or fetus at any stage of pregnancy, and juries could award monetary damages for the wages a fetus would have earned, according to the bill’s sponsor.The bill has cleared the full House and was approved by its second Senate committee Thursday, though its third and final committee hearing has yet to be scheduled.

Florida is among six states that do not allow lawsuits over the wrongful death of a fetus, according to a legislative analysis. Kansas already has a law like the one Florida is considering.In Florida, sponsoring Republican Sen. Erin Grall told her colleagues the measure “is not about abortion.”“It’s not a secret. Everybody in the room knows where I stand on life,” Grall said. “To me this is about parity in our civil justice system.”

Critics see both the Florida and Kansas proposals as part of an effort to move from allowing states to ban abortion — as the U.S. Supreme Court did in its 2022 Dobbs decision — to outlawing abortion across the nation as a violation of a fetus’ or embryo’s constitutional rights.Mary Ziegler, a University of California, Davis law professor who’s published six books in the past 10 years on abortion law and the history of U.S. abortion policy, said this year’s Florida measure aligns with a “pretty well-defined and very public playbook” to build a legal framework for a national abortion ban.

“It’s about setting a precedent for recognizing fetal rights in one context being used to recognize fetal rights constitutionally,” she said.

Florida considered a similar wrongful death measure last year, but it failed amid concerns about anNEW YORK (AP) — HBO is returning — at least in a name.

Warner Bros. Discovery said Wednesday that it was rebranding its streaming service as HBO Max this summer, instead of the current Max.The Max name dated to Warner’s

and was considered a curious choice when made in 2023. HBO is widely considered a gold standard for quality while Max was a reference to the less well-regarded Cinemax network.Two years later, the company is reviving the HBO Max name, which was used by Warner before the merger. While the company didn’t acknowledge a mistake, the move was loudly applauded Wednesday when announced at a presentation to advertisers.