During last year's Republican National convention, Rick was asked on NPR if he opposes fertility clinics that do in vitro fertilization because at these clinics there are inevitably embryos that are discarded -- and if he's opposed to in vitro fertilization if it does end up with any embryos that will not be implanted in a woman's womb and will not become a child.
His answer: "Yes."
Listen to the audio from the NPR segment.
Thanks to Atrios, we saw the San Diego Union-Tribune has reported that a federal lawsuit was filed on Friday by the National Association for the Advancement of Preborn Children against the administrators of California's stem cell institute. The NAA-PC is seeking to stop the institute's work on the grounds that the civil rights of frozen embryos are violated by stem cell research.
According to the Union-Tribune:
The suit was filed on behalf of Mary Scott Doe, a fictitious embryo produced by in vitro fertilization and then frozen and put into storage. Some of these embryos, which people have decided not to use in attempts to have children, have been donated for use in stem cell research, which involves destroying them.
The lawsuit claims the embryo is a person who should be given equal protection under the Constitution, and her destruction violates her right to freedom from slavery.
What do you think are the chances that Rick would support the same type of lawsuit being brought against in vitro clinics?
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