I Don't Want To Remember This

[redbrunja]

 Utah criminalizes miscarriage.

I have no words.

Beyond commenting on how desperate someone must be to pay someone to beat her, and how horrible it must be to have no other options. ($175 is cheaper than an abortion).

Also, how craven it is to beat a pregnant seventeen year for money.

I just... I am just horrified about this whole situation.

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[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I know! It's like, what are your motivations? Do you honestly think these unwanted children raised by young, unprepared mothers are going to do good things for the world?

I have the urge to grab the person responsible for passing this law and make them watch this awesome movie about an old lady who helps women have safe abortions when it was banned in England.

Oh, please, like that would change their minds. It'd like to trap them in the body of a pregnant sixteen year old with little to no support and see how they like it.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I know lots of couples looking to adopt would be happy to have that baby but that option is not for everyone.

Also, there are WAY more babies than their are couples who want to take them in, and if you're a baby who is not a.)white and b.) abled, you're rather screwed.

If you can't feel a shred of sympathy for someone like her, then at least we would know who should and shouldn't be passing rules like this.

I feel that by writing this law in the first place, much less passing it, they've proved they have no sympathy.