Gotta Love Mormons

Today Jennifer posted an article about a new (and not talked about) law in the great moral beacon state of Utah which would criminalize miscarriages. That's right ladies, at one of the lowest points in a woman's life they reserve the right to arrest you. Granted the prosecutors are using the legal definition of "Reckless Behavior" to base their charges. However that is a very broad brush to use. LawGlossery.net defines Reckless Behavior as; activity which increases the risk of harm. But the application of that is left to the prosecutor's discretion.

Sadly any stress inducing activity can cause harm to a fetus so where will the line be drawn? Will it only include activities that an individual decides is morally objectionable (smoking a cigarette, a glass of red wine a week) or will it be blanket application. If the latter is the case then what is to stop them from arresting you for having a miscarriage because you had a fight with your husband, got fired from your job, or any other activity that induces stress and inadvertently leads to a miscarriage?

In this desperate fight to protect the unborn we are now moving into a realm where women's bodies and lives are being put on lockdown while they are pregnant.

In Iowa Christine Taylor was arrested and charged under a feticide law because she discussed with a nurse her reservations about having a 3rd child after a phone argument with her estranged husband which resulted in her blacking out and falling down a set of stairs. Keep in mind that her and the fetus were fine and the conversation happened when she insisted to the paramedics take her to the hospital to insure that her fetus was unharmed by the fall. She expressed her apprehension and her doctor promptly called authorities. I remind you the fetus was fine and so was she but she was charged with a crime because had doubts. Thought crime? Breech of doctor/patient confidentiality? The only reason the charges were dropped and Ms. Taylor was released is because they determined that the fetus was still in the 2nd trimester and not the 3rd.

The bottom line is that this is a way to kick women while they are down and a revocation of a woman's right to govern her life. There are those that feel that the unborn have more rights than the born. Honestly it all comes back to religious views of some being forced on all. But I will blog about that next.