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Love how they pick and choose which words to use in their stories. Here is the actual wording:
199 (iii) the intentional causing or attempted causing of a miscarriage through a medical
200 procedure carried out by a physician or through a substance used under the direction of a
201 physician.
While you might disagree with the state making abortion illegal, you can not argue that a natural miscarriage will land you in jail based on the wording of the law.
If anyone can find anything in this bill that redefines "miscarriage" as an illegal procedure, please post the appropriate phrasing.
The only reference to "miscarriage" I found was a striking of that word in the original bill.
Let me gives this a try.
It doesn't necessarily define all miscarriages as being illegal. What it says is:
Quote:
48 (1) (a) A person commits criminal homicide if [he] the person intentionally,
49 knowingly, recklessly, with criminal negligence, or acting with a mental state otherwise
50 specified in the statute defining the offense, causes the death of another human being, including
51 an unborn child at any stage of its development.
The word reckless is where people are finding problems with the bill. Many people are thinking that if, for example, a pregnant woman isn't wearing a seat belt and an accident causes a miscarriage that she will be charged with criminal homicide for being reckless with criminal negligence (willfully blind to seat belt laws).
Seems like a poorly written bill to me. I doubt anyone intended it to work this way, at least I hope no one did.
But I think this thread and the progressive lefty blogs cited totally misrepresent the intention of the bill. The Salt Lake Tribune says the law is to protect from intentional miscarriages. There was a high profile national thing/incident were a woman born an infant and performed no help and allowed it to sufficate and die. She wasn't charged and can't be charged, no legislation. And Our Constitution promises us the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. She should be charged. This law addresses that, intentional miscarriages not arbortions.
Love how they pick and choose which words to use in their stories. Here is the actual wording:
199 (iii) the intentional causing or attempted causing of a miscarriage through a medical
200 procedure carried out by a physician or through a substance used under the direction of a
201 physician.
While you might disagree with the state making abortion illegal, you can not argue that a natural miscarriage will land you in jail based on the wording of the law.
You're taking that out of context. That is one of the definitions of abortion in the law. That is legal in this bill (76-5-201.52-53). The point being made by the definition is that a physician guided abortion is not criminal homicide.
I tried to read the bill but got lost in the 'legaleze'. I really don't know WHAT it says or how it can be applied.
Utah to Prosecute Women for "Intentional" or "Reckless" Miscarriages
Thursday February 25, 2010
In a development worthy of note, it seems that the state of Utah has decided to criminalize some miscarriages. According to a report in The Salt Lake Tribune, the bill was intended to create a law under which people could be prosecuted for trying to end their pregnancies without medical supervision, such as a recent case in which teenager paid a man to beat her in the hopes that the beating would cause her to lose her baby. Unfortunately, the language chosen for the bill was that women could be prosecuted for an "intentional, knowing, or reckless act" that led to a pregnancy's termination. Legal abortions
For years pro abortionist have said if you make abortion illegal people will do it illegal.
this law has not stopped abortions they just ask people to do it legally rather than risk themselves. So Utah want to make it illegal for a woman to have herself beat up to force a miscarriage when she could get an abortion safely
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