Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos are Children

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

The Wrongful Death of a Minor Act "applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location," wrote Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell. "[T]he Wrongful Death of a Minor Act is sweeping and unqualified. It applies to all children, born and unborn, without limitation. It is not the role of this Court to craft a new limitation based on our own view of what is or is not wise public policy. That is especially true where, as here, the People of this State have adopted a Constitutional amendment directly aimed at stopping courts from excluding 'unborn life' from legal protection."

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Cool, so we can take a tax deduction for them then.

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-02-20 09:02 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

We need cops to guard the crab cakes in the supermarket apparently.

#2 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-02-20 09:07 AM | Reply

These are just unfertilized eggs. By extension, any sperm is a child too. ------------ is therefore illegal in Alabama. I mean, it would have to be.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2024-02-20 09:22 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Embryos are definitely fertilized.

This ruling is beyond ridiculous though.

#4 | Posted by qcp at 2024-02-20 09:52 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Makes it impossible to run a fertility clinic in Alabama.

The cruelty is the point.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-20 09:55 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Cool, so we can take a tax deduction for them then.

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-02-20 09:02 AM | Reply | Flag

Not only that, but taxpayers should be able to take a tax deduction under medical expenses for their storage.

#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-02-20 09:56 AM | Reply

------------ is therefore illegal in Alabama. I mean, it would have to be.

#3 | Posted by Zed

"so man.....whatchu in for ?

"murder"

"murder ? dude...like what ? armed robbery go bad ? "

" no man...baby oil and pornhub"

#7 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-02-20 09:56 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

"Not only that, but taxpayers should be able to take a tax deduction under medical expenses for their storage."

My wife just wants to take the HOV lane if she's felt frisky before work....

#8 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-02-20 10:01 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

"no man...baby oil and pornhub"

(Pause. Half the room moves away from him.)

(Short pause. Half the room moves closer.)

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-02-20 10:03 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

#7 | POSTED BY SHRIMPTACODAN: "Mindless" best describes you. In other words, less than stupid.

#10 | Posted by Zed at 2024-02-20 10:04 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Uh oh. Looks I need to track down some of my "kids" from my first marriage. Damn. Whats the going rate on child support these days for 6 "kids" you abandoned for a decade?

#11 | Posted by gavaster at 2024-02-20 10:18 AM | Reply

#10 | Posted by Zed

really ?

I thought you were making a joke. I didn't realize your stupid conclusion was serious.

since the self canonized patron saint of "moderation policy" weighed in with post 2....try this.

--suck it.

#12 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-02-20 10:21 AM | Reply

#10 | Posted by Zed

and if you think and read a little slower and do it through something more substantial than your

usual hate mongering , bigoted eyes of ignorance....maybe you could recognize that your opinion

of this ruling and mine are little different.

but that would require too much mental effort.

since 2016...you bigots only have so much left in the tank.

#13 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-02-20 10:34 AM | Reply

#13 | POSTED BY SHRIMPTACODAN: As your handle suggests, you are an invertebrate. Or perhaps you simply aspire to have no spine.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2024-02-20 10:35 AM | Reply

If the hyper freezers fail or the plug gets pulled out by the janitor, will someone be charged with manslaughter?

Will there be "child support" rulings?

#15 | Posted by randomcanyon at 2024-02-20 10:49 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Ice ice baby.

#16 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-02-20 02:54 PM | Reply

Next up .. a woman's eggs. How dare she waste them!

Sky Daddy is going to be very angry.

All life is Sacred!! (Up to the age of 1)

#17 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-02-20 08:24 PM | Reply

" since the self canonized patron saint of "moderation policy" weighed in with post 2....try this."

Sorry i read the tos and you didnt, stupid.

#18 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-02-20 10:57 PM | Reply

This has legit Handmaid's Tale vibes.

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-21 01:33 AM | Reply

How far is it to charges that a hysterectomy or oophorectomy is murder?

#20 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2024-02-21 12:21 PM | Reply

IVF services have now officially closed down in the state.

Another Republican "win".

#21 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-02-21 03:23 PM | Reply

Haley says she supports the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling threatening IVF access for women, made possible by Trump ending Roe: Embryos, to me, are babies

twitter.com

#22 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-02-21 04:12 PM | Reply

So if theres a blackout and all the embryos die can the power company be sued for wrongful deaths?

ridiculous ruling.

#23 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-02-21 04:15 PM | Reply

Sooo... what happens if a couple decides that they no longer want to proceed with the thawing and implantation of the embryo? If they can be tried for "murder", I would think that the embryo would have to stay frozen. For as long as the couple lives? Who bears the cost of maintaining the embryos in a frozen state?

#24 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2024-02-21 05:00 PM | Reply

IVF has never been a right. It's not about 'abortion rights' either because it's outside a woman's body. But yet, disingenuous people make it all about women.

#25 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-02-22 07:06 AM | Reply

"Cool, so we can take a tax deduction for them then."

Probably... but that catch is you'd have to live in Alabama! 8-O

#26 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-02-22 07:07 AM | Reply

"Will there be "child support" rulings?"

Probably.

They state could even garnish both parents' wages if it ends up being the one to maintain them.

Hmm, maybe this was a revenue scheme all along.

#27 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-02-22 07:09 AM | Reply

*The State

#28 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-02-22 07:10 AM | Reply