Saturday, April 23, 2011

As if a miscarriage isn't traumatic enough for a woman...

Let's start investigating every single woman in Georgia who has a miscarriage outside of a medical facility (because so many miscarriages just happen to occur while you're sitting at the doctor's office). Let's investigate her, the pregnancy, and the miscarriage to make sure that she didn't induce an abortion. Some idiot (House Republican Bobby Franklin) is trying to pass a bill (HB 1) that requires all miscarriages to be investigated by authorities. It would require all miscarriages that occur outside of the presence of medical staff to be investigated. Though the bill does give you the opportunity to pass the baby at home or wherever you are, and then RUSH to the hospital (if it's determined that you waited, boy are you in trouble...). ARE YOU KIDDING ME? First of all, women have always been able to choose whether or not to pass a lost baby naturally or by D&C (surgical removal). This would pretty much eliminate a mother's right to choose to keep this private matter at home. I'd like to mention, many women who choose to pass the babies at home are pro-life and prefer the baby be passed naturally than having it torn from her womb via D&C. So basically Bobby, you're screwing part of the movement that you feel so strongly about--the pro-life movement.

So now, not only is a woman's right to choose abortion a crime in the eyes of pro-life politicians, but apparently, a miscarriage as well? Nice.

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