# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3)

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**Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3785 "2024-02-20T18:06:46Z")

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> [@Horatius](#):
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> More importantly, if I keep this rack of test tubes in my freezer for 18 years, can I register them to vote?

Even more importantly, if you get into an accident and they’re destroyed, will you be okay with a life in prison for each one lost?

If you (not you, specifically) were at an IVF clinic that happened to catch fire, would you save the 5 year old in the waiting room or, since life begins at conception, will you leave that kid to fend for themselves while you grab the dewar flask full of embryos.

Now, if I could only remember where I read or heard that? Here maybe?

Edit, yes, here:

> [@Abortion, the morals and ethics.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-the-morals-and-ethics/779731/9):
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> The other example I’ve heard is this: Imagine a fire at an IVF clinic. You have time to save a box containing 24 human embryos or one 2 year old child. Not even the most pro-life among us would grab the box and leave the child there to burn.

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