Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Oh, Dear Southern Alabama. Our Southern states maintain their infectious friendly cuisine and manners. Sadly, they hold onto 19th century-thinking concerning several subjects. Specifically, here, is the question, when is a human, really a human? The Alabama Supreme Court has now ruled That a frozen embryo (a fertilized egg) is a child ! Since when could we ever freeze a child? Since when is a frozen, unattached embryo, (an 'extra uterine child'), And not within a female uterus, ever be considered a human child? One of the repercussions, of course, is that 'childless parents' May no longer be enabled to have a child ! Blind religious edicts lead to human tragedy, When juxtaposed with the present, technological world. Science has been developed to yield a life more 'disease free', As well as a life with reduced mindless toil. Here, science has allowed human couples, unable to conceive, To be able to have a possible and healthy pregnancy. This certainly is a clash of modern technology and continual archaic thinking. Frank Maurer 23 February2024 1830 Hours.