It's about more control over women's bodies. That's plain to see. The logic involved is, of course, not earth logic, so it's kinda hard to explain the rest of the thinking.
(I just noticed - your comments are on GMT, not Pacific. Heehee.)
I kinda see it as a certificate of life, the opposite of a death certificate. And I dunno, it just makes me feel a little uneasy. Maybe I'm being bothered by nothing. (I can't work out whether it includes miscarriage, or if it's just stillborn - the former worries me more.)
I don't see it the same way you do. If you carry a baby to term, you likely wanted the child. That's a lot of hopes and dreams, gone. Poof. You want to bury the kid, some people do baptisms on them, and a birth certificate can help ease the pain for some people. Otherwise, it's like saying you're not grieving anything.
Whereas, in the UK, you are required to get both a birth certificate and a death certificate for a still born.
*shrug*
It's the Magic Moment, isn't it? After that point, it's a human being, before that it isn't, because, you know, it can't possibly be a gradual process, can it.
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Date: 2005-01-06 08:02 pm (UTC)What exactly is the point of this? I mean, my mind is trying to make some anti-choice connection in my head, but it's not really making any sense.
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Date: 2005-01-06 08:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 08:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 08:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 08:20 pm (UTC)Read down the comments - in Virginia you can now get a birth certificate for a stillborn.
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Date: 2005-01-06 08:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 08:32 pm (UTC)I kinda see it as a certificate of life, the opposite of a death certificate. And I dunno, it just makes me feel a little uneasy. Maybe I'm being bothered by nothing. (I can't work out whether it includes miscarriage, or if it's just stillborn - the former worries me more.)
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Date: 2005-01-06 08:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-06 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-07 01:26 am (UTC)*shrug*
It's the Magic Moment, isn't it? After that point, it's a human being, before that it isn't, because, you know, it can't possibly be a gradual process, can it.
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