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It sounds preposterous to talk about criminalizing women who suffer miscarriages, but one Virginia legislator is proposing just that. HB1677, \ufffdReport of Fetal Death by mother, penalty\ufffd is a bill introduced by John A. Cosgrove (R) of Chesapeake. Cosgrove\ufffds bill requires any woman who experiences \ufffdfetal death\ufffd without a doctor\ufffds assistance to report this to the local law-enforcement agency within twelve hours of the miscarriage. Failure to do so is punishable as a Class 1 Misdemeanor.
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Citizens to Washington - Stay out of our pants!