A blog about how
Utah Bill Criminalizes Miscarriage.
Not pretty. And really, really sad. Why are women not people too?
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"This creates a law that makes any pregnant woman who has a miscarriage potentially criminally liable for murder," says Missy Bird, executive director of Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Utah. Bird says there are no exemptions in the bill for victims of domestic violence or for those who are substance abusers. The standard is so broad, Bird says, "there nothing in the bill to exempt a woman for not wearing her seatbelt who got into a car accident."
Such a standard could even make falling down stairs a prosecutable event, such as the recent case in Iowa where a pregnant woman who fell down the stairs at her home was arrested under the suspicion she was trying to terminate her pregnancy.
Scary. The bill is such a great idea, but why is it specifically against pregnant women? Why not against whoever-attacks-the-baby?
It doesn't make any sense. It's like making a law that if anyone is shot at with a gun that you purchased (regardless if it's in your possession or not), you are going to be held liable.
Scratch that, it certainly does make sense considering the stupid religiously based patriarchal order that envelopes most of Utah.