I was attempting to rebut, however I came off a little harsh. Id like to get some better facts about this bill
Thanks,
Just Dan :-)
"Delegate John Cosgrove emailed Maura, the author of the original alert: "This bill was requested by the Chesapeake Police Department in its legislative package due to instances of full term babies who were abandoned shortly after birth. These poor children died horrible deaths. ... The requirement for the twelve hour notification timeframe comes from the method that a coroner would use to determine if the child had been born alive or dead. ... My bill in no way intends that a woman who suffers a miscarriage should be charged for not notifying authorities. The bill in no way mentions miscarriages, only deliveries. However, after discussing the bill again with our legislative services lawyers, I have decided to include language that will define the bill to apply only to those babies that are claimed to have been stillborn and that are abandoned as stated above." "
http://www.livejournal.com/users/bentleywg/ Center of page
Partner? Are they at a square dance?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316409/posts
A discussion of this at Free Republic from a few days ago.
We guessed that he had the legal and medical definitions of "fetal death" mixed up.
The post above mine shows that was apparently so.
A person who would feel the pain of miscarriage tell her husband is trying to die herself. When you feel something like this only a fool would go to sleep on it.
Most women who have babies born stillborn or even at full term without telling anyone are frightened children themselves.They seldom have a partner to tell , they are usually alone and scared to death, or their partner is as young and frightened as they. Chesapeake Va. isnt that large a community that I could imagine they have so many dead babies showing up that they need this law. My guess is they had one case they lost because the coronoer couldnt establish the cause of death.
This is why the whole abortion thing does not belong in the criminal justice system. It is totally unenforceable. Will just put the dims in charge for decades.
What happened to calling your doctor or going to the ER if you believe you are experiencing a miscarriage???