The only women who should be concerned are married women... and if you are child-bearing age, being prepared to bring a child into the world in a healthy manner should be your number 1 priority. Otherwise you are living in sin, and a law such as this one is one way to force responsibility on people. From the code:
SECTION 2.14. Said title is further amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 31-10-18, relating to registration of spontaneous fetal deaths, as follows: "(a) A report of spontaneous fetal death for each spontaneous fetal death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the local registrar of the county in which the delivery occurred within 72 hours after such delivery in accordance with this Code section unless the place of fetal death is unknown, in which case a fetal death certificate shall be filed in the county in which the dead fetus was found within 72 hours after such occurrence. All induced terminations of pregnancy shall be reported in the manner prescribed in Code Section 31-10-19. Preparation and filing of reports of spontaneous fetal death shall be as follows: (1) When a dead fetus is delivered in an institution, the person in charge of the institution or that person's designated representative shall prepare and file the report; (2) When a dead fetus is delivered outside an institution, the physician in attendance at or immediately after delivery shall prepare and file the report; (3) When a spontaneous fetal death required to be reported by this Code section occurs without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery or when inquiry is required by Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 45, the 'Georgia Death Investigation Act,' the proper investigating official shall investigate the cause of fetal death and shall prepare and file the report within 30 days; and (4) When a spontaneous fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance in this state or when a dead fetus is found in this state and the place of fetal death is unknown, the fetal death shall be reported in this state. The place where the fetus was first removed from the conveyance or the dead fetus was found shall be considered the place of fetal death."
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That doesn't make any sense.
That has got to be some of the stupidest crap I have ever read. If that law is passed all still births would have to be investigated as if they were criminal acts. All fetal deaths resulting from natural causes would also have to be so investigated.
Do they know a woman can experience a fetal death and not deliver the still born child till weeks later? Do they know that a perfectly healthy baby can experience distress and die during delivery (think placental prolapse or the cord wrapping around the baby’s neck.
Do they even know the medical definition of fetus “Fetus: The unborn offspring from the end of the 8th week after conception (when the major structures have formed) until birth”
Do they know that a woman can miscarry and not be aware of it without blood work confirming she had a miscarriage and not just a very heavy period?
This kind of crap sets the prolife movement back decades.