Comment on If frozen embryos are considered as children, then it must be acceptable to freeze children.

• Silentiea@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If it’s any slight consolation whatsoever, the Bible quotes being used as evidence was just from the concurring opinion (that came to the same conclusions for other reasons from the majority), written by the chief justice of that court.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Alright, gotcha. They also didn’t have freezers when the Bible was written. So, care to re-evaluate your comment?

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    • Silentiea@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, I don’t begin to understand it, and it terrifies me. But at least it’s far away from me for now.

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I still gave you my upvote anyways. Even if our opinions differ, or maybe it’s just that confusing or controversial subject, I thank you for taking time to read my post and comment. 👍

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• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It doesn’t make much sense.

  When a high court makes a decision, all the lower courts need to follow it. If a high court says anyone on trial for murder must be tried as an adult, then all the lower courts need to follow that rule. It is incredibly rare for a high court to make such a broad rule though. Usually their rulings are much more precise. Like: on trial for murder, over the age of 15 and shows at least 4 of the following 12 signs of maturity: has a job, has a driver’s licence, etc…

  This was a case where their ruling was incredibly broad and had no conditions. They literally said “we are adding ‘frozen embryo’ to the legal definition of ‘child’” and just left it at that. This means all courts in Alabama must consider frozen embryos to be children when ruling on cases, which of course has a lot of practical problems.

  Already people have pointed out that in vitro fertilization has effectively been banned. All IVF clinics in Alabama are currently closed. Republican law makers cheered this until it was pointed out that IVF clinics create babies. They aren’t abortion clinics. Now they’re scrambling to re-legalize IVF in Alabama. So yeah, all the old men in Alabama have zero clue about what they’re doing. They just like ensuring everything is considered a child because that’s what Jesus wants.

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