On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 07:26:26 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:
I suppose you’ve heard about that decision by the Alabama Supreme Court
a few days ago that embryos created by in-vitro fertilization are also
to be treated as human beings, which means discarding excess ones (as commonly happens with the procedure) is technically murder.
And so the fun continues, as the state legislature hastily passes a
bill to shield IVF providers from the unfortunate consequences of this
decision <
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/ala-passes-law-to-shield-ivf-but-legal-and-ideological-questions-loom/>
I wonder why? Does their “Life Begins At Conception” ideology only apply to conception within a woman’s body, not within a Petri dish?
This is looking more and more like the case:
But, most notably, it entirely ignores the crux of the Supreme
Court's ruling: whether frozen embryos have the same legal rights
as children. In its ruling, the court drew from a 2018 amendment
to the state's constitution to "recognize and support the sanctity
of unborn life and the rights of unborn children." Lawmakers have
only begun to grapple with the contradiction of having personhood
defined as beginning at fertilization but granting immunity to
those who destroy fertilized eggs considered children. The
incongruence leaves open the possibility of future legal
challenges to the rushed law.
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