lifted from breathofgold

[treeskin]

The lovely breathofgold posted this on her journal, and I'm passing it on...


Draft Legislation in Indiana:

The Crime of "Unauthorized Reproduction"
New law will require marriage as a legal condition of motherhood
(breathofgold's posting here)


Read, weep, gnash teeth, and contact your congresscritters. And pass this on.

(cross-posted to danger_army)

Comments

[tnrkitect.livejournal.com]

The links I have been seeing all point towards a blog, but for your edification here is the link to hte Indianapolis Star article on it:

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051005/NEWS02/51005

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

For the moment it's only artificial aids to conception like AI, in-vitro, fertility treatments, etc. But it's clear to me from the sponsor's comments that her aim is to eventually punish any woman who has a child without benefit of marriage. Fortunately, I don't think it can pass, and if it can, it can't survive a challenge (privacy). But it's still freaking disturbing.

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

It's as disturbing to me that someone thinks this is an appropriate action for the state government.

Shades of The Handmaid's Tale and all that.

Context

[lightonthesill.livejournal.com]

Please see either a more recent comment in my journal (in my origional post) from chernobylred or her journal for the same... she got some context on this legislation - doesn't justify the legislation...does give some context though.

Re: Context

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

I saw that. That circumstance was extremely unfortunate, and yes, there probably ought to be something to prevent that from happening again.

I just can't wrap my head around the idea that someone thought that a bill with that scope was appropriate.