What the hell?

[conuly]

Just read this.

I can't even comment. Just go read.

Comments

[eofs.livejournal.com]

It's a big step towards defining life as starting at conception.

Read down the comments - in Virginia you can now get a birth certificate for a stillborn.

[conuly]

*tilts head* Well, by definition a stillborn is, y'know, born. The result of a birth. I guess it makes the parents feel better, maybe...?

[eofs.livejournal.com]

(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.)

[conuly]

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.

[firingneurons.livejournal.com]

Argh... Fine, life starts at conception, but it's not exactly... The mother's FAULT for having a miscarriage. This is just... Stupid.

[innerbrat]

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.

(deleted the last comment because it wasn't supposed to be a reply to eofs)