Ever since the overturn of the Roe vs. Wade court case, abortion has been a heavy and important topic among United States citizens. The question of whether women should be allowed to get abortions or not, exterminating the embryo inside, weighs on people’s shoulders. It is a question that shouldn’t be a question in the first place.
Both sides are very adamant about their stances. Either you want the child to be born no matter what, or you believe women should have a choice in this matter. But for many, the middle ground seems more realistic – the gray area where the factors are blurry and undecided. However, this argument has been told over and over again, with both sides unmoved.
How do you show an argument to the people you want to listen to? How do you tell a story people can sympathize with? Since June 2022, you can tell these stories and examples, but they’re the same old arguments that aren’t developing the claim anymore. So, what is there to say?
The fact of arguing for one’s point will not go away; this is not a topic that just blows under the rug and disappears. For this fact, you have to keep fighting. Every single advancement between embryos and mothers starts a new conversation of what this leads back to: The conversation of the rights of our women and girls of the United States.
Recently, there has been a development of a declaration that frozen embryos are now living and should be protected under law. The direct ruling for the Alabama supreme court was “ embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) should be considered children.” So if any of these embryos, that can be anywhere from one cell to eight cells, are broken or damaged during transfer, you are suddenly a murderer. An embryo, which doesn’t have a 100% chance of producing a pregnancy, is considered a life. This means if the doctors or even the patients in some way are responsible for the death of the “unborn child,” does this mean miscarriages are a woman’s fault for an unsuccessful pregnancy?
If the doctor doesn’t do anything wrong, the embryo does not result. Who’s at fault for the death of this “unborn child?” Declaring this embryo – a clump of cells – a child opens so many problems that could prevent IVF from giving women the children that they want and deserve. People who want children are now halted in Alabama, and people who don’t want children are forced to have them. How does this make sense?
Some states in the United States are focused on the wrong things. Instead of worrying about unborn children, how about they worry about the children now, who are alive? Living children are in schools with active shooters, and vapes or carts who are damning their lungs. Where is their protection and support? Where is the funding for their schools and safety? Each day, 12 kids die from gun violence, according to the Sandy Hook Promise.
Instead of worrying about an unborn embryo, worry about the children who are dying now. The priorities that the United States has its eyes on are disappointing and honestly sad. The children of the U.S. should be protected now; it’s not a back-burner type issue. Living and well children are being killed, and the United States government is not doing anything about it