Infuriating

[geminigirl]

Via Daily Kos...

I know that many of my readers are residents of Virginia, or know people who reside there.
I know that many of you care about womens health, and reproductive rights.

Live in Virginia, Have a miscarriage, go to jail?

I'm no longer a resident of Virginia, but you can bet your buns that I'd be all over this if I were still there.

(I don't think I have an appropriately angry icon for this post.)

Comments

[bratman.livejournal.com]

What's next? Having women notify the policy everytime they have a period?
Perhaps men will need to start reported every episode of masturbation.

[allannah.livejournal.com]

pretty scary. I hope the uproar causes him lots of humiliation

[messyjessy.livejournal.com]

I cannot wait to leave this ass-backwards, redneck state... err.. commonwealth.

I wrote...

[reedrover]

Subject line: I protest HB 1677

Dear Sir,

generic opening paragraph

I am shocked and apalled that such a painful invasion of privacy is being proposed at a time when Virginia is trying to present itself as a progressive and enlightened state. First, reporting a natural miscarriage should be the physician's routine duties in all the other paperwork he or she files. Second, requiring a woman who may be beside herself with grief and loss to call the police to announce that loss is cruel and unusual across the 50 states. (The Centers for Disease control does not use or process this data nationally.)

Not only does this bill require immediate surrender of all privacy regarding the woman's personal life, but it also requires a Class 1 Misdemenor penalty. Now, I'm not the most granola-eating liberal on the block, but this is rather extreme. I am a gun owner, and to equate self-violation of personal/medical privacy with carrying-while-intoxicated simply boggles my mind.

I respectfully request that you, as my elected representative, include my opinion in your review of this bill if and when it comes to a vote.

Sincerely,