- cross-posted to:
- atheism@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- atheism@lemmy.world
Alabamaās supreme court ruling that frozen embryos are āchildrenā is a chilling example of the Republican partyās extremism
In a case centering on wrongful-death claims for frozen embryos that were accidentally destroyed at a fertility clinic, the Alabama supreme court ruled last Friday that frozen embryos are āchildrenā under state law.
As a result, several Alabama in-vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics are ceasing services, afraid to store or destroy any embryos.
The underlying issue is whether government can interfere in the most intimate aspects of peopleās lives ā not only barring people from obtaining IVF services but also forbidding them from entering into gay marriage, utilizing contraception, having out-of-wedlock births, ending their pregnancies, changing their genders, checking out whatever books they want from the library, and worshipping God in whatever way they wish (or not worshipping at all).
All these private freedoms are under increasing assault from Republican legislators and judges who want to impose their own morality on everyone else. Republicans are increasingly at war with Americaās basic separation of church and state.
Frank Zappa 1986
Full
Nah, no one couldāve seen it coming. Thereās nothing we can do it, itās caught everyone completely off guard.
Wow, those 3 other people are horrible. āPermissivenessā?