Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children - WABE
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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 […]
  • wise_pancakeEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    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.

    • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      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.

      • altec@midwest.socialEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

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

        • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

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

          • SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            9 months 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.