legislative antics in Virginia

[cellio]

It's only the first week of January, and already we have a strong contender for most reprehensible legislation of the year. If this passes, then in the state of Virginia a woman who has a miscarriage will be required to notify government authorities within 12 hours or face a year in jail. Yes, you read that right. (Info from celebrin.)

I am rarely speechless, but I'm having trouble putting my outrage into words right now.

Update Sat 9:30pm: According to the person who posted the news initially, there has been some progress based on the huge outcry (thanks to paquerette for the update). There's still more that needs to be done, but the response from the blogosphere seems to have made a difference. Stay tuned.

Comments

[ichur72.livejournal.com]

This makes no sense. I can't help but think about how much more pain it could cause the people I know who are struggling with infertility. If they are trying to crack down on the trashcan-baby phenomenon, they ought to work harder to catch and punish the offenders rather than harrassing the rest of us decent folk.