I feel terrible for everyday folks in Alabama today. (Just caught up on news out of the state, re: embryos now being "minor children" for lawsuit purposes.)
It's so easy to say "Alabama is a backwater, a lost cause", but most people there are just trying to get by, and there's so little hope right now of them being able to defend against the awful few striving to make the lives of women, families, and queer people even harder.
We could have built *such* a kinder world.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/20/alabama-supreme-court-frozen-embryos-ruling-ivf/72662533007/
Maybe they should get the hell out of Hellabama.
Considering the poverty rate in the state, it's not feasible for many families and individuals hit hardest by this BS - but I hear you, McFate. Would that there were easier solutions to scummy politics.
As I truly enjoy reminding people, an eleven-year-old walked from Ukraine to Estonia in mid-winter.
The only thing making it "unfeasible" is a lack of will.
I'm sure you're aware of how many people take perilous journeys across South and Central America to arrive at the US border as well, but "willpower" alone doesn't grant all of them safe arrival, let alone entry to a better life.
I understand that it's easier to blame individuals than address systemic failures, though. This is false attribution bias, but extremely common in our world.
I'm sure you understand that this observation has about zero relevance when it comes to a question of moving from one US state to another one.
You compared the situation in the US to a child walking from Ukraine to Estonia first. I responded to your invitation to reflect on comparisons from the greater world.
And false attribution bias always matters in reflections on human behaviour.
@MLClark
The Ukraine and Estonia aspects are immaterial to my point though.
If you're in a place you don't wish to be, put your efforts into getting to a better place. THAT'S the point here.
I'm sad that I need to make this clear.