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ysabetwordsmithFrozen embryos are children, Ala. high court says in unprecedented ruling
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that frozen embryos are people and someone can be held liable for destroying them, a decision that reproductive rights advocates say could imperil in vitro fertilization (IVF) and affect the hundreds of thousands of patients who depend on treatments like it each year.
I cracked up laughing. See, here's the thing about frozen embryos: storing them isn't cheap. Alabama is going to hemorrhage money. After all, if the parents can't afford to pay the fertility clinic for maintenance, and the clinic isn't providing that service for free, who's on the hook for those "children" now? Alabama Family Services.
Of course, in theory, they could hire surrogates to birth the babies, but that's expensive too. Then AFS would have to pay someone else to raise them, since they're unwanted. That's if you can pry the parental rights away from the people who provided the genetic material, which is not easy, as demonstrated by many previous divorce battles over embryos. More money down the drain. Let's not forget, Alabama is Deep South which is dirt-poor compared to the North already.
Congratulations, Alabama, you just punched the Tar Baby. Have fun with that.
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that frozen embryos are people and someone can be held liable for destroying them, a decision that reproductive rights advocates say could imperil in vitro fertilization (IVF) and affect the hundreds of thousands of patients who depend on treatments like it each year.
I cracked up laughing. See, here's the thing about frozen embryos: storing them isn't cheap. Alabama is going to hemorrhage money. After all, if the parents can't afford to pay the fertility clinic for maintenance, and the clinic isn't providing that service for free, who's on the hook for those "children" now? Alabama Family Services.
Of course, in theory, they could hire surrogates to birth the babies, but that's expensive too. Then AFS would have to pay someone else to raise them, since they're unwanted. That's if you can pry the parental rights away from the people who provided the genetic material, which is not easy, as demonstrated by many previous divorce battles over embryos. More money down the drain. Let's not forget, Alabama is Deep South which is dirt-poor compared to the North already.
Congratulations, Alabama, you just punched the Tar Baby. Have fun with that.
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Date: 2024-02-20 11:22 pm (UTC)It was a much earlier era...