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February 15, 2007
Tennessee wants to require post-abortion death certificates
This is just lovely. Proposed legislation in Tennessee would require death certificates for aborted fetuses—creating public records that identify women who have had abortions.
Rep. Stacey Campfield, a Republican, said his bill would provide a way to track how many abortions are performed. He predicted it would pass in the Republican-controlled Senate but would have a hard time making it through the Democratic House.
The thing is, the number of abortions performed is already reported to the state’s Office of Vital Records. So the only purpose of this bill is to identify women having abortions—it would even include their social security numbers!
House Judiciary Chairman Rob Briley called this "the most preposterous bill I've seen." No joke.
Posted by Jessica at February 15, 2007 11:17 AM
Comments
This is stupid. Does Campfield actually think women are going to just accept this kind of medical terrorism without a fight?
But I don't understand the issue about SSNs. Never mind that I don't think it's possible to issue a death certificate for something that has never been born...do fetuses have SSNs?
The death certificate shows the SSN of the deceased, does it not? What am I missing, here?
Posted by: Chimera at February 15, 2007 8:01 PM
This is just insane! I sit here in total shock to the apparent never ending battle the conservative right will go to in the countinous battle against women.
Posted by: Sara at February 19, 2007 1:19 PM
I still have yet to stop shaking my head. Wow. Just wow. When do we begin the pinning of scarlet letters? Will the angry villagers be allowed pitchforks, or just torches and whips when they go after women who had to make the hardest decision of their lives?
Posted by: RikkiRouge at February 21, 2007 9:17 AM