IVF often produces more embryos than are needed or used.

Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court::IVF often produces more embryos than are needed or used.

  • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    9 months ago

    I’ve seen my sister going through this process for years. It’s emotionally challenging, financially challenging, and risky to her health. She’s had two ectopic pregnancies and had to be operated on twice. If she manages to have one baby she’ll be happy, and there’s no way it would make sense to implant all the other embryos given the health risk to her. So what would Alabama have her do?

    I’m glad she doesn’t live there.

      • Jojo@lemm.eeEnglish
        241·
        9 months ago

        I have heard someone say in all seriousness that it’s still murder to abort an ectopic pregnancy (which would just kill the mom and ‘child’ if allowed to continue)…

        • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          231·
          9 months ago

          “But god can save her! If it’s part of his plan they will survive!”

          /s if it wasn’t obvious.

          • Jojo@lemm.eeEnglish
            131·
            9 months ago

            I mean the odds aren’t very different for the kid after the procedure. Why can’t God save them after? Not even /s, why don’t they ever have an answer for that? If we’re relying on a miracle anyway, why would an infinitely powerful god need such constrained circumstances to make it work?

        • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Murdering a woman to save a fucking zygote that will never become a human anyway. I’m starting to genuinely hate these people.

    • limelight79@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Friends of ours were going through something similar - they finally have a viable pregnancy, but it took many tries and failures. Fortunately we live in a state that isn’t controlled by religious nut jobs.