[CharlesWayneCT]

Regardless of the slant of the article, there is definitely some potential here for abuse. Does this mean police will be investigating every miscarriage in UT?

"There is definitely potential here for abuse. Does this mean the police will be investigating every child's death, to be sure they were accidental and not purposeful"

My point being that any law which makes it illegal to kill someone requires that deaths be investigated, to rule out deliberate acts of murder. If your child drowns in a pool, the police will investigate to make sure it was an accident. If a baby stops breathing in the middle of the night, they will investigate to make sure you didn't suffocate the child, or shake the child.

And yes, those who have just suffered an accidental death will be inconvenienced by these investigations, and hurt by them, but that is the price we pay for keeping people from killing their children.

So, how do you tell the difference between a woman who is assaulted and loses her baby, and a woman who convinces another person to assault her to kill her baby? You investigate.

And how do you tell if an 8-month-old fetus miscarriage is caused by a deliberate act, or is simply an accident? You would have to investigate. I presume a doctor or coronor would be the first gatekeeper.

The interesting question to me is what obligation a woman has to take a certain degree of care when pregnant. I can't tell whether the law requires any special care by the mother, other than to not deliberately take an action that would be expected to result in the death of the child.

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And yes, those who have just suffered an accidental death will be inconvenienced by these investigations, and hurt by them, but that is the price we pay for keeping people from killing their children.

So, how do you tell the difference between a woman who is assaulted and loses her baby, and a woman who convinces another person to assault her to kill her baby? You investigate.

You want to investigate every miscarriage as if it were a crime because one stupid chick did something stupid? Talk about an emotionally driven overreaction. You should have to pay for all of them out of your pocket.

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And yes, those who have just suffered an accidental death will be inconvenienced by these investigations, and hurt by them, but that is the price we pay for keeping people from killing their children.

So, how do you tell the difference between a woman who is assaulted and loses her baby, and a woman who convinces another person to assault her to kill her baby? You investigate.

So you are saying you want to investigate every miscarriage as a possible criminal act? Since 1 of 4 pregnancies (about 900,000 a year in the US) end in miscarriage, I hope you are paying for this, because I think it is crazy to form this whole new bureaucracy that will costs billions and billions of dollars because of one stupid chick.

But that is our generation. Government is the solution to all problems, even if there is no problem.