Am I reading this right?

[atypical_boro]

Alabama supreme court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’

Court allows two wrongful death suits against fertility clinic to proceed while decision could impact people seeking IVF

www.theguardian.com

 

[Billy69_uk]

Weclome to America.

Texas is currently arguing the same thing, whilst simultaneously arguing that a fetus has no legal rights when they kill one within the prison system.

 

[atypical_boro]

I mean, I do understand that if someone harms an unborn baby there should be a consequence (if appropriate), but frozen embryos accidentally being dropped is an unlawful killing of children? Seems fairly mad to me.

 

[Chris_Boro]

America is a live example of taking people from the 1700's and suddenly giving them modern technology and science.

 

[Brian Marwood]

The next step will be someone getting kicked in the nuts and claiming murder due to damage to his sperm cells in the good old You Ess of Hay.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

I mean, I do understand that if someone harms an unborn baby there should be a consequence (if appropriate), but frozen embryos accidentally being dropped is an unlawful killing of children? Seems fairly mad to me.

Surely an embryo doesn't become an unborn child until after the 10th week of a pregnancy.

 

[Billy69_uk]

The next step will be someone getting kicked in the nuts and claiming murder due to damage to his sperm cells in the good old You Ess of Hay.

I am sure there are a number of furious serial MAGA masterbators who will soon be facing mass homicide charges.

 

[atypical_boro]

Surely an embryo doesn't become an unborn child until after the 10th week of a pregnancy.

Not in Alabama!

 

[GibbosEmpire]

But how did the frozen embryos feel? Were their opinions taken into account?? Won't someone please think of the embryos?!