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[cleolinda]

Quick clarification on the Virginia story: I read the whole spiel at Daily Kos, and apparently what they're trying to do is target women who abandon babies in dumpsters. The problem is that the PROPOSED LAW does not target them. It's like saying that if anyone, anywhere, dies for any reason (heart attack? well-documented terminal illness? old age?), it's got to be reported to the homicide squad. If they want to target baby-dumping, they need to DO THAT, rather than force every single woman who ever miscarries at any stage of gestation, anywhere, to account for herself. You know, with words like "abandoning" and "receptacles not intended for babies, such as dumpsters, or the occasional birdbath."

Also, I just got back from class, and the professor raffled off her "desk copies" of our texts by having us choose a number between 1 and 100. Guess who won a brand new copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin? WHEE.

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[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

I meant to mention- This is crazy too but most states have laws that say that any death not in the company of a licensed physician (even terminal illness etc) MUST have an autopsy and investigation to make sure that it wasn't a homicide... Nevada's is particularly strict and unusual if I recall, effectively being EXACTLY what you said... STUPID lawmakers....