when used for good, not evil, is amazing.
HB1677 is one of the most horrible things I’ve seen yet coming out of our government. Apparently, John A. Cosgrove, a Delegate of Virginia (Who votes for these people? Don’t answer that!) proposed a bill requiring women to REPORT A MISCARRIAGE TO THE POLICE. Here is the bill summary:
Report of fetal death by mother; penalty. Provides that when 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. Violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Thankfully, bloggers have managed to stop it!
I have to go throw up now. My lunch, along with my faith in humanity, are sewer bound.
Oh my – what will they think of next? Thank GOD that was stopped! Imagine all the women that would have affected, not to mention, all the women who have miscarriages at the very beginning of a pregnancy before they even know they are pregnant. Lordy!
Not to gloat, or anything like that, but reading things like this makes me want to go outside in the cold rain and kiss the Massachusetts ground that I live on!
Cosgrove’s bio? Born in Montgomery, Al. Baptist. Some kind of military service. Involvement in police group. Looks like women in VA have a right to be concerned. I still suspect it was a “backdoor” bill. Who knows what would’ve come next if they had gotten this one through. I haven’t had time to research it, but a reader at the VA blog commented that VA has passed laws limiting access to contraception. True? I don’t know, but the thought is infuriating. Also, VA already passed a Safe Haven law (girls can drop off their babies without fear of prosecution) so his reason for writing this bill doesn’t pass the bullshit test.
When I read this, I was so incredibly appalled! Chip, chip, chip…….they are chipping away at our freedoms. 🙁
Good grief. What’s next…will it be a crime to teach women how to read? (Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale)
What paternalistic misogynist crap.
that is so crazy i don’t even know what to say.