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maleficent · 01-07-2005, 08:57 PM

How come women's groups and the ACLU don't have this front and center in the media? Is the bill that buried that it's escaped notice, or is more being read into that is really there. If anything, women's groups, especially NARAL, would be most interested in this law because what's the next step, a woman has an abortion, then has to call the police department and report herself?

Currently, if the miscarriage occurs in the presence of a doctor (Do midwives count as a healthcare professional) does the miscarraige still get reported, what if the woman has an abortion, does that get reported to the fetal death bureau? Why shouldn't it be the responsibility of the doctor to report it? Since numbers of abortions yearly get recorded, I'd imagine that someone is reporting them, and surely not the woman.

01-07-2005, 08:57 PM	#23 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	How come women's groups and the ACLU don't have this front and center in the media? Is the bill that buried that it's escaped notice, or is more being read into that is really there. If anything, women's groups, especially NARAL, would be most interested in this law because what's the next step, a woman has an abortion, then has to call the police department and report herself? Currently, if the miscarriage occurs in the presence of a doctor (Do midwives count as a healthcare professional) does the miscarraige still get reported, what if the woman has an abortion, does that get reported to the fetal death bureau? Why shouldn't it be the responsibility of the doctor to report it? Since numbers of abortions yearly get recorded, I'd imagine that someone is reporting them, and surely not the woman. __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.