Flutterby™! : Republicans against women

It's easy to believe that the Republicans and Democrats are interchangeable, but then something really extreme stands up and slaps us: Lyn had a link to a look at the implications of Virginia's HB1677, “Report of Fetal Death by mother, penalty”, which aims to make an unreported miscarriage a Class I misdemeanor:

In Virginia, all losses of pregnancy must be reported by health care providers according to current law. The reality, though, is that countless women experience spontaneous abortions in the first few gestational weeks without even being aware of pregnancy, so not all pregnancies of early gestational age are reported. Women who experience miscarriages at home without a doctor’s care may not even think to inform their doctors, especially if the pregnancy is so early that they have not yet even sought prenatal care. Until this bill, though, no one has suggested it was in the interest of the Commonwealth of Virginia to track down these unreported losses of "products of conception".

If this goes through, and you're in Virginia and female, it'd be a good idea to call your local PD every time you have a late period, just in case.