RE: what the effing hell?
February 23, 2010 at 8:51 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2010 at 8:53 pm by Rhage.)
(February 23, 2010 at 8:43 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Well, it seems that they're not going to go after women who legally get abortions; They're actually going after people who go to illegal lengths to miscarry (like paying people to beat them up so they miscarry.)
Did you see the part in the link I put up about "reckless behavior"?
Article Quote:
"In addition to criminalizing an intentional attempt to induce a miscarriage or abortion, the bill also creates a standard that could make women legally responsible for miscarriages caused by "reckless" behavior.
Using the legal standard of "reckless behavior" all a district attorney needs to show is that a woman behaved in a manner that is thought to cause miscarriage, even if she didn't intend to lose the pregnancy. Drink too much alcohol and have a miscarriage? Under the new law such actions could be cause for prosecution."
Who the hell gets to be the judge of that? So if I'm 5 months preg. and I get into a car without buckling up, get in an accident and miscarry, I am prosecuted for "reckless behavior."
Bullshit.
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