Theocratic Insanity
Feb. 26th, 2010 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
finncullen A new law is being pushed forward in Utah, in the Western Theocratic Realm, that will hold women criminally liable for homicide charges if they suffer a miscarriage and it can be proved that they were in some way 'reckless' or 'negligent' about their safety and that of their unborn child.
Glass of wine? Negligent.
Fell down the stairs? Knew the carpet needed mending? Negligent.
Staying with an abusive partner? Negligent.
Not wearing a safety belt? Negligent.
This nonsensical and cruel abomination of a putative law proposes sentences of up to life imprisonment for the woman who has lost her child.
My outrage knows no bounds on this matter and I can only hope that the law is not passed. That it has got so far along in the process only confirms my scornful opinion of the people who run the Theocracy and their ridiculous superstitious agenda. The simple idea that it may be right to punish a woman who has suffered the loss of a baby makes me want to break the necks of these morons and crunch through their vertebrae with my teeth.
The following is a comment from the page linked below. The comment expresses perfectly the same viewpoint I hold toward this pathetic initiative:
Brava, madam, you express it perfectly. The link below has more information.
jezebel.com/5479032/the-next-anti%20choice-target-miscarriage
Glass of wine? Negligent.
Fell down the stairs? Knew the carpet needed mending? Negligent.
Staying with an abusive partner? Negligent.
Not wearing a safety belt? Negligent.
This nonsensical and cruel abomination of a putative law proposes sentences of up to life imprisonment for the woman who has lost her child.
My outrage knows no bounds on this matter and I can only hope that the law is not passed. That it has got so far along in the process only confirms my scornful opinion of the people who run the Theocracy and their ridiculous superstitious agenda. The simple idea that it may be right to punish a woman who has suffered the loss of a baby makes me want to break the necks of these morons and crunch through their vertebrae with my teeth.
The following is a comment from the page linked below. The comment expresses perfectly the same viewpoint I hold toward this pathetic initiative:
Hey Utah, Fuck you. Yes, I say that for every woman who has has a miscarriage. You think it's easy to miscarry a baby - whether the child is wanted or not? Fuck you. It's not. If your body miscarries, it hurts like fucking hell. If your baby dies in your womb without you knowing you have to have an operation to take him out. So fuck you. Take your stupid bill and shove it up your fat asses, because you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.
To threaten to prosecute women for this is ridiculous. What's next, prosecuting women whose children end up having psychological problems? Because they must have done SOMETHING to make them that way? You want to prosecute parents who vaccinate their kids, because Jenny McCarthy says that vaccinations cause autism?
You want to prosecute mothers who drink in their first month or two, regardless of the fact that their pregnancy test came back negative - because this happens ALL THE FUCKING TIME? Because pregnancy tests are not infallible!
So dear, dear Utah. Please go fuck yourself.
Sincerely, A pro-choice woman who still mourns the loss of her child, who had to be scraped out of her womb. If you want to prosecute me because I ate a deli sandwich while pregnant (OMG LISTERIA!) you can go fuck yourself.
P.S. This is only directed at the people in Utah who are assholes. The rest of you are cool
To threaten to prosecute women for this is ridiculous. What's next, prosecuting women whose children end up having psychological problems? Because they must have done SOMETHING to make them that way? You want to prosecute parents who vaccinate their kids, because Jenny McCarthy says that vaccinations cause autism?
You want to prosecute mothers who drink in their first month or two, regardless of the fact that their pregnancy test came back negative - because this happens ALL THE FUCKING TIME? Because pregnancy tests are not infallible!
So dear, dear Utah. Please go fuck yourself.
Sincerely, A pro-choice woman who still mourns the loss of her child, who had to be scraped out of her womb. If you want to prosecute me because I ate a deli sandwich while pregnant (OMG LISTERIA!) you can go fuck yourself.
P.S. This is only directed at the people in Utah who are assholes. The rest of you are cool
jezebel.com/5479032/the-next-anti%20choice-target-miscarriage
