Frozen
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/us/university-alabama-birmingham-ivf-embryo-ruling.html
("After Ruling, University of Alabama at Birmingham Health Systems Pauses I.V.F. Procedures")
Frozen.
Not the embryo. Those who work with them.
Criminalizing the IVF process? Making doctors doing their best to perform their version of a miracle step away, that is the real act of criminality.
They have piled absurdity on cruelty, stretching the definition of existence beyond the limits of any thinking universe. What's next, the morning after pill? Check. Birth control? Check. Make no mistake, they are coming after every woman, the ultimate goal, without question, to deprive them of any autonomy over their body or mind.
If only they treated actual breathing functioning human beings with such moral certainty and clarity. If they supported universal health care, free school lunches, free day care. If they gave as much respect to the homeless, to the addicted, to the incarcerated, to minorities, to immigrants. If they championed a raise in the minimum wage, in affordable housing. If they exhibited consistent concern for the air our children and their children will breathe. If they acted towards those terribly diminished at the end of their lives with dignity and respect. If they felt a deep pain for those around the globe who continuously suffer terrible indignities, countless tragedies. If they carried themselves through each day without prejudices or hatreds. If they questioned and challenged the voices that speak in lies. If they lived compassionate, decent existences, then and only then should they have the right to a seat at this table. And even then, respectfully, I would suggest they merely sit there and shut up .
When doctors are afraid to do what is honorable and right then something is horribly wrong. Something is horribly wrong.