Some Bad Points of Cryonics:
Artificial insemination is fine for breeding endangered species, livestock and thoroughbred horses, but in my opinion should never be used for breeding children. For example, if it is ever possible to bear a child from frozen cells, and without procreation, many difficult dilemmas may result; such as: Who would regulate the procedure?; Who would become the surrogate (nobiological) parent(s)? Would taxpayers have to support such children for their entire lives?, etc.
Frozen Embryos:
It is perhaps a good idea to cryogenically preserve embryos of endangered species of animals and plants if eventual revival becomes possible, but again, such a procedure should (at least in my view) never be done for human beings. Why this should never be done is perfectly illustrated in 2009 by an apparently troubled and basically indigent woman who already had six children by in vitro fertilization and then she felt compelled to have eight embryos implanted in her womb. When those babies are born taxpayers will likely be paying for their well-being; not to mention the price of overpopulation and unnecessary use of resources. And, a couple decades ago, in a court case, an infertile couple managed to get frozen human embryos, and then the couple later divorced. The woman wanted to have the embryos unthawed to either bring them to term herself, or to anonymously donate them to another infertile couple. The man, on the other hand, wanted the embryos destroyed. Unfortunately, the judge sided with the woman's so-called right/hope and the scientifically invalid right to life (confusion between potential life and tangible life) to thaw out the embryos and bring them to term; but, as far as I'm concerned, it was in the best interest of the future of mankind and the planet, that these embryos be destroyed. Frozen embryos may have many possibilities for the future of mankind, but few, if any are good for our species or for the planet itself. Incidentally, after the recent completion of the appeal of this court case, I believe that the new outcome allowed for the destruction of these frozen embryos. As for the lady with fourteen children (or soon to have that many, assuming they all survive) with, according to Wikipedia, approximately "6.76 billion people" residing on this planet. There are arguably too many people. There are over a billion people who are starving and undernourished. The land, air and waters are already very pollution. It is selfish for someone to undergo in vitro or to have embryos implanted due to infertility, so, therefore, there should be an international ban on infertility treatments and human embryo implantation.
[The original version of this essay, entitled "Cryonics" first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays]
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