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- In vitro fertilization (IVF) in the U.S. relies on destruction of embryos, intentionally or not.
- Alabama’s supreme court declared that embryos, under a wrongful death suit, are persons.
- The well-being of children, not profit margins, should be the top priority when it comes to IVF and embryonic cryopreservation.
- Destroying or neglecting human embryos is not essential for IVF. Many countries limit the number of embryos that can be created per woman, and the U.S. should, too.
- The Alabama court decision reassures parents who rely on IVF that their children will receive the same legal protections as everyone else’s.
- Families choose in vitro fertilization with the hope of conceiving and bearing a child. The Alabama court decision will help ensure that the financial motives of the fertility industry in that state don’t violate human life and the well-being of families.
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- A new Heritage Foundation report “Men Without Meaning: The Harmful Effects of Expressive Individualism” examines the current issues afflicting young men in the U.S., such as suicidality, addiction, a lack of stable families and education, among others.
- The “boy crisis” was born out of the sexual revolution and the idea of “expressive individualism,” which “combines radical autonomy with the idea that the internal self is the real self.”
- Young men in America are struggling like never before and the new report argues that pornography’s devastating impact holds significant blame.
- Addictions to porn have been linked to “high stress, social anxiety, romantic attachment anxiety and avoidance” and harm not only themselves but the next generation of young men who are left with absent fathers.
- Ultimately, in order to halt the crisis among young men, society needs to encourage meaningful pursuits such as marriage, fatherhood and work.
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- In April 2023, the Biden administration used the Environmental Protection Agency to put forward a rule to add even more regulations on gas car emissions with the goal of cutting gas car sales by 56% over the next 9 years. Now, Biden is doubling down with a second regulation to kill gas cars by 2032.
- Biden is using the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) to raise fuel efficiency standards to an almost impossibly high level: 66 mpg for passenger cars and 54 mpg for pick-up trucks.
- This regulation would impose massive costs on the consumer by requiring auto makers to sell electric vehicles that drivers do not want instead of the gasoline-powered cars and hybrids that they currently buy.
- This rule will hurt working-class Americans, small businesses, and farmers by effectively banning the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles in America—while having practically no effect on global temperatures.
- EVs are unsuitable for most Americans because they are more expensive, take two hours to recharge, and they lose power and range when it’s cold, as many saw last winter.
- It is not social justice for the Biden administration to take away affordable transportation that gets people to work, to school, and on vacation with their families—it’s irresponsible.
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