IVF, Abortion, Contraception, Sexuality, Gender and Christianity -

The last few years have seen policy fights over a range of issues related to sex, sexuality, identity, rights, and more.

It seems as though there are two sides — always two sides. As with most things in America, we have some weird fetish with simplistic either/or thinking. It really helps no one, and no one wins. No one wins in either/or ways of thinking. Even the supposed winners don’t win. Everyone just suffers. Misery loves company though so maybe that’s the goal — so we can all be miserable together, living in fear, and constantly angry.

The recent IVF ruling in Alabama isn’t as simple as it sounds. The former US Senator from Alabama was asked about the ruling and he offered some wise insight — that this isn’t just a ruling about IVF. It will have long term practical implications. He made the claim that medical professionals will be less likely to come to Alabama or to stay there. This impacts entire medical systems and eventually the health of communities. And where there are health challenges, there will also be economic challenges and more.

This highlights the bigger issue with these rulings — they have impacts that go beyond just the policy changes. I wonder if those imposing their so-called Christian beliefs on others consider the unintended consequences of these policy decisions. Or does that not matter because the main concern is on being “right” according to their belief system. Consequences be damned. The world never operates in a way…