Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoCouples race to move frozen embryos out of Alabama after court defines them as childrenwww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1766
arrow-up1766external-linkCouples race to move frozen embryos out of Alabama after court defines them as childrenwww.telegraph.co.ukLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoFor 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.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoSo 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.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoGee, that’s…. More or less what I’m saying?
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.
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.
Gee, that’s…. More or less what I’m saying?