Thursday, February 15, 2007
Abortion Death Certificate
Tennessee is considering a bill to require birth certificates for all aborted fetuses.
Where to begin...
THE GOOD:
"The most preposterous bill I've seen," - Rob Briley, Tennessee State Representative
THE REST:
- Security concerns for women who have abortions because their names will be available to public...
- Can we expect woeful names on certificates like Hope, Mercy, and MyMotherIsAMurderer
- Will the certificates also disclose the father's name? Oh wait, many fathers may be unknown, family members, rape criminals, so... let's just target the mothers -
- Certificates send a negative message to young women about results of using emergency services that treat them as murderers.
- Perhaps Tennessee could formulate a comprehensive birth control program to reduce unintended pregnancies instead of stigmatizing the abortion surgery. Birth control access helps couples make healthy reproductive choices. Women who undergo a forced pregnancy should still be able to have an abortion without negative labeling implied under Tennessee's proposal for fetus death certificates.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/us/15brfs-DEATHCERTIFI_BRF.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Where to begin...
THE GOOD:
"The most preposterous bill I've seen," - Rob Briley, Tennessee State Representative
THE REST:
- Security concerns for women who have abortions because their names will be available to public...
- Can we expect woeful names on certificates like Hope, Mercy, and MyMotherIsAMurderer
- Will the certificates also disclose the father's name? Oh wait, many fathers may be unknown, family members, rape criminals, so... let's just target the mothers -
- Certificates send a negative message to young women about results of using emergency services that treat them as murderers.
- Perhaps Tennessee could formulate a comprehensive birth control program to reduce unintended pregnancies instead of stigmatizing the abortion surgery. Birth control access helps couples make healthy reproductive choices. Women who undergo a forced pregnancy should still be able to have an abortion without negative labeling implied under Tennessee's proposal for fetus death certificates.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/us/15brfs-DEATHCERTIFI_BRF.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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