Gov. Gary Herbert signed into law Monday a bill that would allow a woman who arranges an illegal abortion to be charged with criminal homicide. The new law is in response to a case last year where a 17-year-old pregnant girl paid a man $150 to beat her in hopes of inducing a miscarriage. A judge ruled there was no law on Utah’s books allowing the mother to be charged with a crime.
Utah Criminalizes Miscarriage.
Fail, Utah. Women who have “reckless and unintentional miscarriages” can be charged with criminal homicide. Story via Feministing, where Samhita wrote in regard to the problems with this law: “Instead of recognizing that it could only be the most oppressive circumstances that would lead a young woman to have someone beat her in hopes of inducing a miscarriage, and therefore creating legislation that protects young women, they legislate against women.”
(via ponymalta)
Damn. For a while I had hopes that even the Magic Underwear-wearing set would pass this. UT now passes OK for #1 on the “States I Would Never Ever Live In” list.
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reason #400000000 to move out of this state.
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