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In reply to the discussion: Alabama Supreme Court Rules That Frozen Embryos Are 'Children' [View all]area51
(12,070 posts)16. So, will someone now be challenging AL's death penalty?
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... which argues that each person was made in Gods image, meaning each life has an incalculable value that 'cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God.'
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So, then by the "logic" of the AL Supreme Court, if a freezer holding frozen embryos
no_hypocrisy
Feb 2024
#1
The entire Gulf Coast is clusterfuck sponsored by the Republican clowns of the apocalypse.
Magoo48
Feb 2024
#34
Should spawn an embryo tax-deduction Trust Fund, IRA, Social Security, Stim Check scheme
bucolic_frolic
Feb 2024
#3
Deductions for college savings accounts - perhaps the state will kick in some matching funds
EYESORE 9001
Feb 2024
#4
Every "child/embryo" should count in the census for the state they are located
BumRushDaShow
Feb 2024
#5
so if they place that keeps them frozen loses power and the embryos are not longer viable...
Javaman
Feb 2024
#7
"After a divorce, does an ex-spouse have the right to the embryos and collect child support"
BumRushDaShow
Feb 2024
#12
For the purpose of this discussion is the embryo and egg or a fertilized egg in the true biological sense?
usaf-vet
Feb 2024
#29
Small towns could now afford zoos of their own. Or have a traveling zoo in a box!
Wonder Why
Feb 2024
#32
An accident. They thought it was where the staff kept the ice cream containers and they wanted some butter pecan.
Wonder Why
Feb 2024
#33
What about the millions of sperm spilled daily by each man in AL? I could go much further on "wasted" sperm.
keopeli
Feb 2024
#25
So the buildings on fire, you can only save one. Live little baby lying in a crib or a box holding a hundred embryos.
OverBurn
Feb 2024
#38
Alabama Constitution Section 36.06, which argues that each person was made in God's image
pfitz59
Feb 2024
#42
Yeah; the judge implied the "image of God" stuff from one use of "Almighty God" in the preamble
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2024
#52
The reliance on types of Christianity in the ruling is worse than the Huff Post report says
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2024
#48