That Bill in Georgia

[jennythereader]

I'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.

Comments

[magpie49.livejournal.com]

I read the bill, and it does not have any provision that I could see for the unfortunate woman with an ectopic pregnancy.

Medical opinion says the misplaced embryo will not survive to see live birth; the mother is likely to die from internal bleeding if not treated promptly. NIH documentation says ectopic pregnancy occurs in 1 in 40 to 1 in 100 conceptions.

So... Bobby Franklin is concerned about the number of workers lost from "fetal murder". Is he not concerned about the number of workers who might be lost from lack of legal treatment?

I sent an email to him asking generally that. I'll let you know if I get a response.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

That would be interesting. Please do.