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DiceK

(35 posts) Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:31 AM Mar 7

Alabama Passes Law to Protect I.V.F. Treatments

Source: NY Times

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation to shield in vitro fertilization providers from civil and criminal liability, capping off their scramble to allow the fertility treatment after a State Supreme Court ruling found that frozen embryos should be considered children.

Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, swiftly signed the bill into law.

Two major clinics said they were moving to restart treatments, possibly in the coming days, while another clinic said it was not assured about the scope of protections and would wait for “legal clarification.”

Lawmakers and legal experts acknowledged that the law did not address existential questions raised by the court about the definition of personhood, leaving open the prospect of legal challenges in the future.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/us/politics/alabama-ivf-law.html

Hypocrites.

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Alabama Passes Law to Protect I.V.F. Treatments (Original Post) DiceK Mar 7 OP

They acted quickly. We've found the point where even rube red Alabama gets in gear. Silent Type Mar 7 #1

There is a solution for all those unused "persons" consisting of undifferentiated frozen cells Warpy Mar 7 #2

Does this invalidate the original lawsuit for wrongful death of zygotes no_hypocrisy Mar 7 #3

should have been invalidated as soon as the judge uttered biblical Marthe48 Mar 7 #5

Too many rich white Republicans were upset Bluepinky Mar 7 #4

So, the 'death' of an embyro is murder if aborted from a woman's body, but is okay if disposed of in a lab? sinkingfeeling Mar 7 #6

Won't the AL SCOTUS jst strike that law down? Miguelito Loveless Mar 7 #7

Silent Type

(3,006 posts)

1. They acted quickly. We've found the point where even rube red Alabama gets in gear.

Reply to DiceK (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:35 AM

Mar 7

Warpy

(111,396 posts)

2. There is a solution for all those unused "persons" consisting of undifferentiated frozen cells

Reply to DiceK (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 01:13 AM

Mar 7

Parents who have completed their families and have no further use for them can get them declared wards of the state.

The state will be on the hook for their preservation until medical advances mean they can be implanted into the bodies of idiot male judges.

no_hypocrisy

(46,245 posts)

3. Does this invalidate the original lawsuit for wrongful death of zygotes

Reply to DiceK (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 06:16 AM

Mar 7

where the AL SC judge used biblical authority instead of caselaw and precedent?

Marthe48

(17,055 posts)

5. should have been invalidated as soon as the judge uttered biblical

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 09:20 AM

Mar 7

authority.

Are people who aren't "Christian" exempt from following laws based on religions not their own? If they aren't they should be..

Bluepinky

(2,276 posts)

4. Too many rich white Republicans were upset

Reply to DiceK (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 08:21 AM

Mar 7

that their IVF treatments were included in the MAGA crazy cult. Can’t have that happen before an election. It’s okay if the rulings affect “others”, but you can’t anger your base.

sinkingfeeling

(51,482 posts)

6. So, the 'death' of an embyro is murder if aborted from a woman's body, but is okay if disposed of in a lab?

Reply to DiceK (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 09:39 AM

Mar 7

Miguelito Loveless

(4,475 posts)

7. Won't the AL SCOTUS jst strike that law down?

Reply to DiceK (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 11:22 AM

Mar 7

I mean they are protecting Alabama from an angry god.

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