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Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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

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[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I recently read Neil Stephenson's book called "Fall", in which a significant chunk of the novel is set about 30 years in the future. At that point in time, large swathes of America are referred to as "Ameristan", because they are break-away territories ruled by evangelical warlords. It feels surprisingly prescient.

[–] TellusChaosovich@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We here in bama have been preferring the term Talibama.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

Y'all Qaeda is also acceptable.

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Neil Stephenson is a high effort author to read but the payoff more than makes up for it. I have yet to convince anyone else to read Snow Crash 😔

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Snow Crash is awesome

[–] Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even my dad couldn't convince me to read snowcrash😅 but maybe I'll find it as an ebook

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It took me like 4 attempts and 100 pages before I was able to get into it but it dramatically changed my understanding of reality

[–] jo3shmoo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I think about the Ameristan stuff and people being "facebooked" all the time since reading that book. In the time since I read it I feel like we just keep getting closer and closer to that reality.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

More like the author read the writing on the wall for the past 50 years.