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When Alabama's Supreme Court defined frozen embryos as children, the shock and confusion was immediate. Major hospitals pulled fertility services and would-be parents scrambled for clarity on what would happen next.

The debate over reproductive rights in America has long been driven, in part, by opposition to abortion from Christian groups - but this ruling has divided that movement and ignited debate about the role of theology in US lawmaking.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 8 months ago (2 children)

As horrendous as this ruling is, I'm also pissed at the pro-forced birthers that are upset by this ruling. It's so intellectually dishonest to object to this ruling when it uses the same justifications they use to oppose abortion.

These people pick issues to be passionate on but never actually put in the effort to research. And not just whether their position makes any sense, but what the downstream effects of the position would mean.

The politicians who write these anti-abortion laws are even more lazy. This is literally their job and they should have seen this coming. They could have put in exceptions for IVF from the get-go but they didn't, because they are more interested in winning points than writing effective legislation.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

But they do want to outlaw it. They just didn't want everyone to know until AFTER the election. That way no one could do anything to stop it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They could have put in exceptions for IVF from the get-go but they didn't, because they are more interested in winning points than writing effective legislation.

You can't square that circle. If you codify your religious myth that "life begins at conception" into law in order to ban abortions, then you also have to outlaw IVF by the very nature of the procedure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Or ensure all embryos are born. Either way that's dumb