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In the case of the female lawyer, the government is deciding that it is better for the embryo to be implanted in a genetically unrelated woman because she has a
by MyHypatia 7y ago
In the case of the female lawyer, the government is deciding that it is better for the embryo to be implanted in a genetically unrelated woman because she has a partner, rather than the mother of the embryo herself. If you believe that an embryo should be treated as an individual, how is this different than forcing a single mother to give up custody of her child to be raised by strangers? What has the mother done to lose the right to raise her own child? Should single mothers lose custody of their children, since being raised by two parents is preferable? If not, why is okay for her to lose custody of her embryo?
In the case of the West Point cadet, they took his sperm and created an embryo after he died. He didn't explicitly consent to an embryo being created at all.
- tathougies 7y agoSo I actually disagree with the Polish government here, but not on the grounds that a government should not be able to set policy in this area, but rather I think the policy they set is wrong.
- MyHypatia 7y agoI also think a government should be able to create policy in this area. What's horrifying is that the government has deemed it morally preferable to assign custody to strangers over the mother. Losing custody is usually due to things like neglect, child endangerment, drug use... now simply "being single" can be added to the list. When two people who may disagree on the personhood status of an embryo can agree that this policy is bad. It must be a pretty terrible policy.
- tathougies 7y agoI don't object to the single mother part. I object to the adoption part of already created embryos. I don't think it's a bad idea to prevent the systematic creation of children alienates from one of their parents