• news
  • FRIDAY JANUARY 7 2005 10:32 PM

Virginia Legislator: Criminalize Unreported Miscarriages

Submitted by cagnazzo

Edited by Michael_J_Totten

Virginia Republican Delegate John Cosgrove introduced House Bill 1677 which would require in part:

"[W]hen a fetal death occurs without medical attendance, it shall be the woman's responsibility to report the death to the proper law-enforcement agency within 12 hours of the delivery."


If the law passes, a Virginia woman who spends the day after her miscarriage at home crying is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail.

According to Democracy for America, which is tracking this story, the police report which must be filled out by all women who experience a "fetal death" would demand all sorts of intrusive information - education history, previous deliveries, and prenatal care history are only a few examples. This is more information than Virginia law currently requires be filed after an abortion.

  • PERMALINK
  • PRINT
  • Digg This
  • Email To A Friend
 

Previous

PAGE: 

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Next

Comments
wan

wan

Los Angeles, CA
December 2003

JAN 07, 2005 11:33 PM

lordy, lordy, lordy.

do you all reckon this is the angle?


...the legislative agenda of numerous anti-abortion groups includes increased reporting of fetal deaths and issuance of death certificates for miscarriages. The point is to advance the legal recognition of "personhood" for all "products of conception".

In the 2003 legislative session in Virginia, a law was passed allowing parents to request a “birth certificate” for a stillbirth, a law that is clearly in line with the agenda of anti-abortion extremists to recognize embryonic and fetal personhood. The fact that Virginia is one of the few states that requires reporting of deaths of all “products of conception” regardless of gestational age plays in to this anti-abortion agenda.

Michael_J_Totten

Michael_J_Totten

Iraq
February 2004

JAN 07, 2005 11:34 PM

Hawking said:
I'm scared.


It's not law yet. And it doesn't pass my constitutional smell test.

supercrisis

supercrisis

Canada
July 2004

JAN 07, 2005 11:38 PM

Not a day goes by that I'm not glad my folks didn't force us to move to America when they had the chance.

_El_Zilcho_

_El_Zilcho_

Framingham, MA
April 2003

JAN 07, 2005 11:42 PM

My head hurts. And being Virginia, I have a feeling it may pass.

Yes, it's unconstitutional, but that takes time. I'd bet it'll pass before it's constitutionality is ruled upon.

And by the direction the Supreme Court is going, they may interpret the Constitution different than us folks.

whatifit

whatifit

I'm lost
October 2004

JAN 07, 2005 11:45 PM

just a preview of soon to be post roe v. wade america.

Attack_Macaque

Attack_Macaque

Mesquite, TX
September 2004

JAN 07, 2005 11:50 PM

Michael_J_Totten said:

Hawking said:
I'm scared.


It's not law yet. And it doesn't pass my constitutional smell test.



Yeah, but we're talking about a red state here, so there's a really good chance that this will be enacted. And I'm guessing that after the Republicans 86 the filibuster in the Senate, we'll be having an influx of judges whose sense of smell isn't quite as acute as yours. frown mad

DeadBilly

DeadBilly

Burnt Cabins, PA
February 2004

JAN 07, 2005 11:52 PM

I bet this Cosgrove fellow has the world's tiniest dick.

Bastardo

Bastardo

Boston, MA
January 2005

JAN 07, 2005 11:53 PM

There are some days where I wonder if I am still in the 21st century.

Feild

Feild

Quakertown, PA
December 2004

JAN 07, 2005 11:56 PM

The pendulum hasn't swung back to the realm of sanity yet kids. Welcome to the land of the righteous and home of those who are afraid of their God's "wrath".

Attack_Macaque

Attack_Macaque

Mesquite, TX
September 2004

JAN 07, 2005 11:58 PM

Thanks again, Republican voters, for putting wonderful fuckers like these in office. This is your fault as much as it is theirs. mad

LightbulbJack

LightbulbJack

Lansing, MI
December 2003

JAN 08, 2005 12:25 AM

This is just another way to intimidate women from having an abortion. I’m surprised there isn’t some sort of add on about having to post the reports for the public. Which would be a wet dream for any pro-life extremist to hassle the women.

This is just a sad misleading bill.
blackeyed

Ghostdad

Ghostdad

Pacifica, CA
January 2004

JAN 08, 2005 12:32 AM

Vagina Legislator

llouys

llouys

Brazil
August 2003

JAN 08, 2005 12:43 AM

Glad I crossed the Mason Dixon.

Edited to say "Oh fuck, I haven't crossed the Mason Dixon."

Kill me now.

[Edited on Jan 08, 2005 by louys]

abracadabra

abracadabra

Seattle, WA
April 2004

JAN 08, 2005 12:52 AM

this is fundamentalist , no separation of church and state legislation ...which our great country voted for.."god hates us all"...

Mike11

Mike11

Titusville, FL
OLD SKOOL

JAN 08, 2005 01:23 AM

dogmatix1977 said:
I bet this Cosgrove fellow has the world's tiniest dick.


Why?

Previous

PAGE: 

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Next

featured interviews