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The Alabama IVF Ruling: The Dead End of Anti-Abortion Logic

The Alabama IVF Ruling: The Dead End of Anti-Abortion Logic

FromNew Ideal, from the Ayn Rand Institute


The Alabama IVF Ruling: The Dead End of Anti-Abortion Logic

FromNew Ideal, from the Ayn Rand Institute

ratings:
Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Feb 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Last week the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos stored for use in in vitro fertilization clinics counted as children protected by state law against wrongful death. As a result, IVF clinics in the state are closing and couples who rely on access to IVF technology as a remedy for infertility are being deprived of hope. Is the Alabama court’s decision an aberration that can easily be remedied by new state legislation? Or does it reveal something about the basic logic of the anti-abortion movement? Join Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid as they dissect this ominous decision, its philosophical premises, and what it portends for individual rights in America.
Released:
Feb 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The New Ideal Podcast features a curated selection of content from the pages of New Ideal, the journal of the Ayn Rand Institute. At New Ideal, we explore pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Rand’s philosophy: Objectivism, which upholds the ideals of reason, individualism and Capitalism.