That Bill in Georgia
Feb. 24th, 2011 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennythereaderI've been waiting to post about this until I saw a "just the facts" news story, but that doesn't seem to be happening. Rather than linking to a news story with any particular slant, I decided to just link directly to the bill.
This bill, under consideration in the Georgia General Assembly, would re-define abortion as "prenatal murder" and therefore make it illegal in the state of Georgia. I think it's a bad idea, but that's not actually what has me outraged.
What has me outraged is that section 2.14 seems to say that all miscarriages should be assumed to be induced (and therefore murder) until an investigation proves otherwise. I can't imagine what this would do to a family already dealing with the trauma of the loss of a desperately wanted baby.
NOTE: I do not want to get into an argument about abortion. I know what I believe, and you aren't going to change my mind. You know what you believe, and I doubt anyone is going to change your mind. I will freeze any and all threads that turn into arguments. I will ban commenters who continue to argue.
This bill, under consideration in the Georgia General Assembly, would re-define abortion as "prenatal murder" and therefore make it illegal in the state of Georgia. I think it's a bad idea, but that's not actually what has me outraged.
What has me outraged is that section 2.14 seems to say that all miscarriages should be assumed to be induced (and therefore murder) until an investigation proves otherwise. I can't imagine what this would do to a family already dealing with the trauma of the loss of a desperately wanted baby.
NOTE: I do not want to get into an argument about abortion. I know what I believe, and you aren't going to change my mind. You know what you believe, and I doubt anyone is going to change your mind. I will freeze any and all threads that turn into arguments. I will ban commenters who continue to argue.
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Date: 2011-02-24 03:28 pm (UTC)i have miscarried repeatedly.
my mom did so 8 times AND had a still born baby
but this bill requires "someone" (who i dont know) to investigate every miscarriage for cause/criminal behavior.
shya, right
who the heck is going to do it?
who is going to PAY for it?
and just how many women (and men) are going to put up with it?
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Date: 2011-02-24 03:34 pm (UTC)