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" VA Legislative Sentry: Have a Miscarriage, Go to JAIL?"
*warning* for those this may upset the following link goes to an article about a proposed bill that would regulate VA women to report miscarriages
Can anyone explain to me why bills like this one are even proposed. I think it highly unlikely that anything like this could pass and be made in to law, but still! The only thing I can think is that their intent might be to be able to charge people who abandon babies in dumpsters with more severe penalties, but how is arresting women who have a miscarriages and don't report it going to help?
The kicker to me beyond the invasion of privacy is the level of seriousness this is considered. I mean a Class 1 misdemeanor? How is not reporting a miscarriage within 12 hours even remotely equivalent to statutory rape, arson, or stalking? It seems as if more and more people have their priorities crossed.
Can anyone explain to me why bills like this one are even proposed. I think it highly unlikely that anything like this could pass and be made in to law, but still! The only thing I can think is that their intent might be to be able to charge people who abandon babies in dumpsters with more severe penalties, but how is arresting women who have a miscarriages and don't report it going to help?
The kicker to me beyond the invasion of privacy is the level of seriousness this is considered. I mean a Class 1 misdemeanor? How is not reporting a miscarriage within 12 hours even remotely equivalent to statutory rape, arson, or stalking? It seems as if more and more people have their priorities crossed.