GA rep proposes classifying miscarriages as prenatal murder

[ksinger]

Re: GA rep proposes classifying miscarriages as prenatal mur

Snort. Welcome to MY world. You are describing "business as usual" for the Oklahoma legislative yayhoos. We had the bill introduced (don't recall if it ever got passed or is still held up by court challenges) that was going to release not the name, but identifying information ON THE WEB about who had received abortions. Think small town. Anyone NOT going to know who you are? And then there was the one requiring the invasive transvaginal ultrasound prior to obtaining an abortion. Lovely. And then the most recent one, with one legislator from the back of beyond authoring a bill with the STATED purpose of getting GOD back in the science classroom. No matter what you may think on that issue, it really HAS been decided. Over and over and over. Makes this state look like idiots. AGAIN. Sigh. I'm paying for this??

Every state is just falling apart at the seams these days, and we have ideologues who won't address real issues but instead consider their position a bully-pulpit to ram their personal ideologies - religious or misogynistic - down our collective throats.

 

[D2B]

Re: GA rep proposes classifying miscarriages as prenatal mur

What a twit.... I know, lets charge the fathers too, after all, the sperm is half of the potential baby and the father might not be in top form

and yes I am being sarcastic, e-mail is not allways the best forum to convey this, so just making sure

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Re: GA rep proposes classifying miscarriages as prenatal mur

I have to wonder about the original mindset. Perhaps he is hoping that women who continue to drink heavily or do drugs when they become pregnant, thus CAUSING their miscarriage would be punished? Either way I hope it wouldn't pass, and I do think that he has made things far far too broad and is completely insensitive.

You really think that was his motivation? I think he's just plain insane.

 

[AGBF]

Re: GA rep proposes classifying miscarriages as prenatal mur

Snort. Welcome to MY world. You are describing "business as usual" for the Oklahoma legislative yayhoos. We had the bill introduced (don't recall if it ever got passed or is still held up by court challenges) that was going to release not the name, but identifying information ON THE WEB about who had received abortions. Think small town. Anyone NOT going to know who you are? And then there was the one requiring the invasive transvaginal ultrasound prior to obtaining an abortion. Lovely. And then the most recent one, with one legislator from the back of beyond authoring a bill with the STATED purpose of getting GOD back in the science classroom. No matter what you may think on that issue, it really HAS been decided. Over and over and over. Makes this state look like idiots. AGAIN. Sigh. I'm paying for this??

I just happened to revisit this thread and and read some of the postings again. This time I thought of one of my friends who has a two year old son and who has had around three miscarriages since his (premature) birth. She and her husband desperately want another child, in part because of her husband's age and their not wanting their son to end up alone. But I wish I could let my friend loose on the Georgia idiot. She is an attorney, but I suspect she might be angry enough at this proposed "law" (which is definitely unconstitutional) to take matters into her own hands! I think he might have to run for it if we put her on his tail! Her husband (a former homicide detective turned lawyer) had to go to the courthouse to calm her down because he didn't want her arrested. She was incensed about some injustice and imprudently mentioning bombs....

Deb/AGBF