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Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court (arstechnica.com)
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Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court::IVF often produces more embryos than are needed or used.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why the fuck should we ever have to ask a judge this? Hey judge why don't you tell us how we cure cancer? Judge, judge, what is dark matter? Please, you are the ultimate authority on all things!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It's stupid but the article says why:

In the Alabama case, a hospital patient wandered through an unlocked door, removed frozen, preserved embryos from subzero storage and, suffering an ice burn, dropped the embryos, destroying them. Affected IVF patients filed wrongful-death lawsuits against the IVF clinic under the state's Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. The case was initially dismissed in a lower court, which ruled the embryos did not meet the definition of a child. But the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that "it applies to all children, born and unborn, without limitation." In a concurring opinion, Chief Justice Tom Parker cited his religious beliefs and quoted the Bible to support the stance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I know why the courts would ask but in general this is something a single judge has no authority on. The idea that a single person gets to define what "life" is absurdity. We have army's of scholars following strict rules of logic, ethics, and are backed by science. Their consensus is more compatible with human society than some dusty book.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Absurdity indeed!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Well get used to it because the US Supreme Court is about to (probably) do away with Chevron deference.