Do you live in Virginia?

Then you'd better get on the friggin' phone.

VA Legislative Sentry - Have a miscarriage, go to JAIL?

And on we go, step by step. I've been watching this coming ever since that court case ten years ago where the woman who got a ticket for driving in the diamond lane alone defended herself by claiming her fetus as a second passenger in the car - and WON.

If you're wondering where this is all heading, go rent "Rain Without Thunder" at your local independent video store for an increasingly accurate view of where we're going to end up if this kind of thing isn't stopped. It came out aboout ten years ago, and I tell you it is chilling. A faux documentary about a girl who is jailed for "fetal murder", and beyond that it examines the legal system surrounding the issue and the social ramifications. We're definitely headed in this direction and damn fast. Usually these kinds of dystopian stories seem to predict their results way too early, but on this one I think we may be hitting that situation far sooner than the movie claims.

I am so damn glad that soon enough I won't have to worry about this kind of thing anymore. And I feel very, very sorry for young women in this country - you all are heading for some seriously hellish years.


link from baylorsr.