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.

Comments

[darkelf19.livejournal.com]

The first thing that comes to mind is simply, WTF?!

That Utah has been allowed to corner its female population into forced reproduction is outrageous! The reason abortions aren't illegal is to prevent back-alley abortions and other methods which are rarely successful without extensive and sometimes permanent damage to the woman. Had she simply been allowed to exercise her right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy then her suffering and any possible repercussions such a beating could inflict on the child.

Now to charge a woman with murder is she miscarries is....well fuck! This is why it is imperative that the US Constitution be amended to include woman's rights for more than just "the vote". Until we stand up for ourselves and let our government know we will no longer be treated as 2nd class citizens and incubators, we can only expect this to get worse.

The first woman prosecuted under this new law needs to sue Utah and bring her case to the Supreme Court so that this law can be abolished and insure that such a monstrosity never occurs again.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

I vote that someone start a preemptive legal defense fund for whoever that woman is. It's not my country and I don't care if it turns out to be a case of premeditation; that shit needs to be stopped, and I'm willing to chip in to help make that happen.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That is a fantastic idea. I'd certainly chip in.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Had she simply been allowed to exercise her right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy then her suffering and any possible repercussions such a beating could inflict on the child.


Exactly! And if people honestly want to reduce the number of abortions WHY THE FUCK are they blocking contraception?

The first woman prosecuted under this new law needs to sue Utah and bring her case to the Supreme Court so that this law can be abolished and insure that such a monstrosity never occurs again.


hell yes. Although I'm fucking furious there has to BE a 'first woman'.