Jailed just for having miscarriage?

Judging from the posts, I guess you didn't read the bill, or it's intent. It was removed from the docket anyway before this post began. The idea was to prevent folks from disposing of dead babies in garbage cans, and to determine if there were public health hazard considerations. Like a lot of proposed laws, the intent was honerable, but the reality of it stunk to high heaven. No one was trying to make a miscarriage illegal. Anyway, it did not pass the first judicial review if I read this right.

It was proposed as an ammendment to an existing fetal death reporting law.

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+32.1-264

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Summary as introduced:
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.

Full text:
12/17/04 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051245276 (impact statement)

Status:
12/17/04 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051245276
12/17/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/12/05 House: Stricken from docket by C. J. (22-Y 0-N)
 
first baggy pants then now this..... I bet VA is famous for dumb laws.. I won't move to VA, hell no.... Where are their common sense??
 
racheleggert said:
first baggy pants then now this..... I bet VA is famous for dumb laws.. I won't move to VA, hell no.... Where are their common sense??
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They basically threw the common sense outa the window and right smack into the James River lol
 
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