I think that this so-called law is going to be tossed out at the first court challenge. It goes directly almost against every supreme court ruling on abortion.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:312688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
