The Alabama Supreme Court ruling in February reaffirming the humanness of frozen embryos and the subsequent threats by the IVF industry to shut down if required to operate responsibly sent lawmakers into a tizzy. Democrats — and some Republicans — began creating legislation to protect IVF even though no one was outlawing the practice.
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IVF was thrust into the political spotlight earlier this year when the Alabama Supreme Court found that embryos created via IVF were covered by the state’s wrongful death statute. The ruling caused a panic not only in the state, but across the nation, as IVF clinics threatened to shut down unless they were given complete immunity for negligent acts like the one at issue in the case, in which a hospital patient entered an unsecure area of the facility, removed several cryogenically frozen embryos, and dropped them onto the floor killing them.
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A landmark Alabama Supreme Court ruling sent shockwaves throughout the nation on Friday. In a 7-2 decision, the justices ruled that embryos created through means like in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are “minor children” under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act.
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People should be squeamish about the revolution in biotechnology. Yes, we wonder at the possibilities for curing genetic diseases and even for making ourselves smarter, prettier, or stronger. Yet we shrink from the potential horror of the world we might create with no hope of turning back.
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Who ever imagined that we would live in a world where selling babies would be acceptable and encouraged as an altruistic good? Of course, they are not exactly babies yet, but without these hot commodities, babies would be impossible. What are those commodities? Human sperm and eggs of course.
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The Democrats’ most recent answer to the question of how they will pay for their trillion-dollar health-care reform was just announced by Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel. He wants to impose a surtax on incomes over $280,000, which would be a staggering blow to small businesses that create most jobs.
Continue reading →The National Bureau of Economic Research released a study to be published soon in the American Economic Journal that shows women’s happiness has measurably declined since 1970. It’s no surprise that this has stimulated much comment.
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