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By: Reading the Tea Leaves « Tiny Cat Pants

Reading the Tea Leaves « Tiny Cat Pants — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:53:06 +0000

[...] Via Punkass Mark over at Punkass Blog I bring you Christine Hutchison–a woman being brought up on charges because she failed to report her miscarriage. As Mark says: So what we’re left with is a woman who accidentally lost her child being brought up on charges because she didn’t tell Poppa Police or Daddy Doctor that her baby box broke. Apparently, all dudes, including those who didn’t have anything to do with getting the woman pregnant, have a right to full status reports on her ladyparts once any sperm’s gotten up in there. [...]

By: Philip

Philip — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:10:51 +0000

Very interesting post!

By: Fetal Supremacy « Feminist Philosophers

Fetal Supremacy « Feminist Philosophers — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:52:21 +0000

[...] Fetal Supremacy June 9, 2007 Filed under: maternity — Jender @ 9:52 am Story here about a woman who has been charged with “concealing the death of a child” because she miscarried at 15-20 weeks and stored the fetus in the freezer rather than seeking medical attention. OK, yes, it’s a little odd to put the fetus in a freezer, but people do strange things when they’re upset– and a miscarriage at 15-20 weeks is no picnic. And yes, she probably could have used medical attention, but failing to see a doctor is not a crime. And: a 15-20 week fetus is NOT A CHILD. So, here we’ve got a distressed woman being charged who has not committed any crime, and a 15-20 week fetus being considered a child. More support for Bordo’s excellent arguments in “Are Mothers Persons?” [...]

By: Antigone

Antigone — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:04:11 +0000

Yeah, it seems like there’s a good chance that the poor woman was all there.

By: Kyso Kisaen

Kyso Kisaen — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:04:34 +0000

That is an interesting story. You’d think that after a miscarriage you’d you’d go see a doctor anyway and I wonder if she didn’t, but the practical problem of what to do with a fetus that has bailed on you is not one that I’ve ever considered before. Poor woman.

By: MikeEss

MikeEss — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:18:59 +0000

“By their own measures, it would be safer to grow babies outside of evil women’s bodies.”

Would the resulting issue be created without sin?…

By: MikeEss

MikeEss — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:17:24 +0000

For the protection of “society”, how about Pregnancy Probation?

As soon as the little line on the pee-test turns blue, all females must turn themselves in to their local police agency. There, they will be fitted with one of those “Tracking Bracelets” like Paris Hilton just got.

Through a video link over the phone, the State’s pregnancy will be monitored, with “The Vessel” checking in every couple hours so The State can ensure the safety of its newest proto-Citizen.

If the proto-citizen is endangered, he vessel will be remanded into State custody for the protection of the State’s asset.

These measures must be taken because the proto-citizen’s proto-existence is simply TOO IMPORTANT to risk.

After the vessel gives birth, The State will decide whether to discard the vessel or not. Vessels which consistently produce sub-standard citizens will be disposed of…

It’s all about life, dammit…

By: norbizness

norbizness — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:05:23 +0000

She should have showed it to her living kids like Rick Santorum, then she’d get a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

By: Evil Bender

Evil Bender — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:27:29 +0000

“hey, wait a minute, since when is a 15-20 weeek old fetus legally considered a child? Isn’t the concealment of the death of a child intended to prevent people from covering up the death of kids who’ve actually been born?”

That is precisely why we cannot give ground here. We cannot let anti-choicers simultaneously put women at risk due to their fetus-worship while endangering children by falsely conflating six-month-olds with small clumps of cells. Laws like this one not only devalue women, but also distract efforts from actually protecting children.

I have an idea: let’s prosecute parents who are actually abusive, as opposed to women who miscarry. Shocking, I know. *sigh*

By: Amanda Marcotte

Amanda Marcotte — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:02:58 +0000

More creative attempts to redefine a fetus as a “child”. What kills me is how a lot of anti-choice men take their logic of pitting fetus against pregnant woman to the next logical level and start metaphorically treating wombs like cages. By their own measures, it would be safer to grow babies outside of evil women’s bodies. That they can’t is just more evidence of a feminist conspiracy.