Have a miscarriage, go to jail in VA...

[jay]

(Courtesy of dailykos...)

Comments

[mnfiddledragon.livejournal.com]

*brain hurts*

*scream*

Part of me is glad I don't live and Virginia, and part of me wants to live in that district to run against that 9*&(@#$^5

[frankenboob.livejournal.com]

Holy Mother of God! What is going on in this country? I can feel our civil liberties slipping away as I sit here typing. Sad, sad, sad.

I'm going to email this guy every time I have a bowel movement. That, and contact my representatives in Washington. (For more important reasons.)

[kineticphoenix.livejournal.com]

It's scary stuff. It seems every time I turn on the TV or go online that yet another civil liberty is under fire.

Time to start sending Delegate Cosgrove my used tampons...

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

This is just so far removed from medical reality as to be astounding. From the dailykos article:

'Virginia is one of only 7 states, however, that mandate the reporting of loss of all "products of conception" regardless of gestational age.  This includes both spontaneous losses of pregnancy and induced terminations of pregnancy, though the required data elements are different for abortions.'

The problem is that about 1/3 of pregnancies are spontaneously rejected in the first month and appear to just be heavy periods - at least this is my understanding, IANAMD and I do not play one on TV. So what is someone to do - tell the police every time you have a heavy period just in case?

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

So what is someone to do - tell the police every time you have a heavy period just in case?

Hey, that might teach 'em.

[poprockgrrl.livejournal.com]

I was reading dailykos this morning trying to catch up and found this same thing.
I'm mad, disgusted, scared, cynical and wanting to pack my bags and flee.