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Its an argument that life starts at conception.
So every sperm+egg combo made for implantation in the lab is now considered a person.
The process of thawing and implanting the fertilized egg can and does result in some loss of these implanted eggs. Which would, by these new laws, be considered murder or manslaughter or who knows.
You have to imagine the stress of being a fertility specialist and holding onto someones only chance of having a family is already stressful. Now imagine being arrested for a normal /frequent part of the job.
Essentially these fertility places are limiting services right now because they need to protect their staff.
Its a shame because some people rely on IVF as their last chance to conceive their own biological children.
It also opens up scary questions like: who’s responsible for the forever storage of these frozen samples, and if this goes on to be challenged at a federal legal level, (which is likely -as people want access to the health care theyve paid for), will the very religiously rooted higher level governement in the states make this federal law across *all* the states.
Which has further impacts on everything for women: Their access to birth control, their chances of being arrested for spontaneous abortions (miscarriages), their chances of being denied medical abortions for embryos that arent compatible with life (and therefore a painful death due to sepsis or hemorrhage for the pregnant person) and other impacts like their access to staff who provides this type of care (Ob/Gyn doctors. )
Ex: As seen in texas – specialists leave. They dont want to be accused of or have to defend their every medical judgement between them and their many many patients. This creates healthcare deserts for women and also leaves women to die of complications or carry unwanted children. Which generally isnt something that supports a healthy childhood or abuse free relationships.
It has even more knock on effects but most are negative and generally impact women and children unfairly.
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