Bioethics, healthcare policy, and related issues.
Below I posted on the breathtaking idiocy of one prominent anti-choice figure. No sooner did I finish than another one popped up. Today seems to be the day for that kind of thing.
“Peter”, of MarchTogether, posted insane and ill-informed nonsense about ectopic pregnancy (it’s not a reason for abortion because “many [ectopic fetuses] can and do survive”), determining for that reason that all women with such pregnancies can just take their damn chances. He later had the grace to update his post by admitting that he was wrong - ectopic pregnancy is almost invariably fatal if not treated - and then asserting that all women with such a condition can just take their damn chances! It takes a brave man to admit he got his facts wrong. . . and refuse to alter his conclusions anyway.
But it gets . . . as I know you anticipated . . . worse.
Arizona Right-to-Life is heavily touting a bill introduced into the state legislature to criminalize the sale of human eggs for in-vitro fertilization. Shane Wikfors, their Executive Director, is either so confused on the relevant issues he can’t formulate a coherent position, or he’s finally revealing “right-to-life”’s true colors: the belief that every cell of a woman’s body is an independent moral person and she has no rights of control over any of them. I can’t say I’m surprised, but I am a bit flabbergasted.
