After Alabama rules that frozen embryos are children, some fertility patients pray that lawmakers find a solution.

When Alabama’s Supreme Court defined frozen embryos as children, the shock and confusion was immediate. Major hospitals pulled fertility services and would-be parents scrambled for clarity on what would happen next.

The debate over reproductive rights in America has long been driven, in part, by opposition to abortion from Christian groups - but this ruling has divided that movement and ignited debate about the role of theology in US lawmaking.

  • Wooster@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    8 months ago

    "I think the biggest concerns are that people elsewhere forget about us and they think, ‘Oh they’re just the conservative state, and they’re all country bumpkins. Don’t worry it will never happen here.’

    “And the next thing you know, it is happening in other states that are ultra-conservative.”

    • Bassman1805@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      As a progressive in Texas…fuckin YEAH. Some of us are trying to bring reality back and it’s really annoying to get lumped in with the crazies.

      • Omega@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I’m a progressive in Arkansas. I understand that 2/3 of our state vote for terrible people who only want to hurt others. That’s a huge portion. But 1/3 of us are still clinging to sanity.