Miscarriage of Justice?

According to the website for Howard Dean backers in Virginia, a new proposed law will make it a criminal offense for a woman to have a miscarriage and not report it to the police within twelve hours.

"When a fetal death occurs without medical attendance, it shall be the woman's responsibility to report the death to the law-enforcement agency in the jurisdiction of which the delivery occurs within 12 hours after the delivery. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor."

The “report of fetal death” asks for the woman’s full name, her history of prenatal care, her marital status, her education history, her previous deliveries (if any), and a number of other very intrusive data items.

The actual list of required information is about thirty bullet points in the article. If you want to see the text of the actual proposal click here.

At this rate, masturbating will be a federal crime by 2015.