Well, no obviously. But this is a poorly written piece of legislation, it shifts the burden of proof to the woman to prove that her miscarriage wasn't intentional, which is utterly and completely ridiculous.
In the case that you mentioned, the girl contracted someone to beat her until she miscarried, because her sugar daddy threatened to leave her if she didn't "take care of it". The jist I got from the article is that abortion is illegal in Utah period, medically necessary or not. The legislation should've been written much tighter to explicitly state that deliberate attempts to force a miscarriage are illegal.. -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:26 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: and we thought Kansas was bad So beating a girl until she miscarries should be legal? On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Its now a crime in Utah for a woman to have a miscarriage. > > http://www.amplifyyourvoice.org/u/AFY_Will/2010/2/24/In-Utah-Miscarriage--Cr iminal-Homicide > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312671 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
