Supreme Court says people will be held criminally liable under the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act if they destroy one
  • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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    9 months ago

    How could it be battery if the embryos aren’t treated as people? Nobody was battered. No victim was even present.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      For the record, if we treat this more like a safety deposit box; the couple are the victims here.

      It should probably be treated that way.

      Their argument is because those embryos had potential to be human… they should be treated as human.

      I don’t buy it, and it’s certainly not something that should establish the precedent that embryos=babies.

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        9 months ago

        So sue for property damage. Harvesting embryos is an expensive and painful process. Hell you could even sue for pain and suffering.

        But wrongful death is just ridiculous.