Destruction of embryos intended for IVF...

[Aella_]

Logically, it would seem so, but a lot of the sense of loss develops as the person develops. A child adopted from Korea or Ethiopia (or even Ireland), realizes they are different. By adulthood, it's not uncommon for them to think, "You took me from my mother, my family, my country. I lost my native name and language—everything." And even the most perfect, successful adoption in history cannot fill that inevitable sense of loss.

Good points.
On top of that, the ugly reality is : we might think of them as angels, but some kids and teens can be very cruel towards each other. Which is terrible for an adopted kid, at that age.
I remember when I was in school, a kid being hounded and called "adopted loser".
Also, there were two adopted kids at my nephew's school: one was adopted from Europe (therefore he looked like the rest), and the other kid was adopted from an asian country. Guess who was the brunt of most "jokes" and bullying? The latter.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

This article raises interesting questions about the parallels of destroying an embryo intended for IVF and elective abortion. The main question is valid, why are we not hearing outrage over these embryos? Do their lives matter less because their parents didn't conceive them via, gasp, irresponsible sex?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ory.html?postshare=4171448943277042&tid=ss_fb

This is an easy answer.

The left never takes on any issue, they target a poster child (either villain or unassailable victim) and then isolate it and ridicule it.

This is just the same thing on the part of the right. The target is the unassailable victim, the unborn innocent in the womb that cannot defend itself or has no one to advocate for its "rights."

Both issues are the face of the same ethical dilemma. This time, the Left has decided to try a different tact, to isolate, target and ridicule in order to change the topic to the old tried and true standby "hypocrisy."

It might be that we want to consider fertilizing one egg at a time, but that discussion cannot happen as long as #allLivesDoNotMatter...

 

[artemesia_g]

...that procreation must only happen through sex between married people, in bed with the lights off (OK, that last part might be optional).

Uh-oh. I think we've been doing it wrong.

 

[Sunshine]

We have three embryos frozen. We have been paying for them to stay on ice for six years now. Last year we were going to have them destroyed, deciding that I am too old and our baby making journey was over. We rang and were sent the paperwork to sign off etc... All good to go. Then I read it and the wording they used got me.

I had always thought of them quite clinically, that they would just thaw out and be no good. Not really a life but the potential for one I guess. The wording on the forms was that they would be removed from storage, and "allowed to succumb." The word succumb just got me.

So... We're still paying $1800 a year for them to be stored, but we're currently thinking about donating to friends of ours.

I remember learning that only 1 in 4 fertilized eggs successfully implants. Think about that. Many of us have been pregnant and not known it. The zygote passes out in our menses. It's just nature.

Good luck with your decision

 

[Oh_That_Guy]

Personally I've always had issues with any kind of abortion or destruction of embryos but I can't expect the world to live by my views so I don't lose a ton of sleep over it. God will deal with everyone as He sees fit. It's not my place to do so.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

This article raises interesting questions about the parallels of destroying an embryo intended for IVF and elective abortion. The main question is valid, why are we not hearing outrage over these embryos? Do their lives matter less because their parents didn't conceive them via, gasp, irresponsible sex?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ory.html?postshare=4171448943277042&tid=ss_fb

Pro-lifers don't want to see this shit stopped? When was this ever the case?

 

[Palamino19]

Although I do agree with many of the crirpticisms of R-wingers in general, I wouldn't be so paranoid about it, in this particular situation:
Imo, it has more to do with the fact that we're dealing with "a bunch of cells" as opposed to a more developed lifeform.

I think that quickly becomes semantics(not on your part, meaning that approach).

Exactly how developed is a lifeform that cannot form long term memories? At what point is it NOT a bunch of cells?

 

[Palamino19]

This is an easy answer.

The left never takes on any issue, they target a poster child (either villain or unassailable victim) and then isolate it and ridicule it.

The right makes LIBERAL use of this exact formula. You aren't allowed in the GOP unless you hate Nancy Pelosi even after she has long been out of politics.