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Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children (www.wabe.org)

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From WABE Politics News:

A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments as healthcare providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of […]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That seems like an impossible position then.

I can understand why they would rule embryos are children (but I strongly disagree), but it seems unreasonable for any judge to turn IVF into lawsuits and presumably prison sentences hanging under a sword of Damocles of whenever a freezer dies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It depends on how people understand human life. If there are no room for shades of gray, and an embryo counts as a person, then this result seems perfectly logical and will effectively shut down most reproductive-related healthcare. Because life at this stage is so tenuous, what sane doctor would risk a murder charge?

But I'm guessing this is exactly what those in favor of the ruling want. Until they can't get the care themselves. Sigh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So every time a woman gets her period, it's a miscarriage? Can women be investigated for murder every month?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not quite, but every miscarriage is now potentially a murder case. Exactly what everyone would want after that kind of trauma. /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The fun part is that over 50% of fertilizations result in a miscarriage, either due to a failure to implant or because of another pregnancy related event, all due to natural causes. So if a fertilized egg equals a person, they might want to have a talk with that god fella, who engineered it that way on purpose.