When Alabama’s Supreme Court defined frozen embryos as children, the shock and confusion was immediate. Major hospitals pulled fertility services and would-be parents scrambled for clarity on what would happen next.
The debate over reproductive rights in America has long been driven, in part, by opposition to abortion from Christian groups - but this ruling has divided that movement and ignited debate about the role of theology in US lawmaking.
This is also behind the trans panic and concurrent anti-LGBTQ legislation in conservative states.
Sure, they’ll package it with scripture and moralizing, but in the end? It’s all about fear.