[jwalsh07]

Amend this:This is the current law in Virginia and it only concerns live births and abortions, not miscarriages.

To this: This is the current law in Virginia and it only concerns deliveries and abortions, not miscarriages.

[SilentServiceCPO]

I am aware of the current law, what this thread is about is a proposed ammendment to the law the provides for criminal penalties for a woman who suffers an unattended fetal death (miscarriage falls into this category regardless of the intentions of the good Delegate) and fails to report this to the police within twelve hours of the event.

Read the link above if you doubt this. And also, in VA, "fetal death", as defined by law, is independant of the gestational age of the baby. So, I will not be writing a letter of apology to Cosgrove or anyone else. I actually expect my representatives to not make such glaring errors (of course, assuming that it is not his intention to place grieving mothers in jail for failing to call the cops within 12 hours)