Tennessee wants to require post-abortion death certificates

Posted by Jessica Valenti at 10:52 AM on February 15, 2007.

Jessica Valenti: "The most preposterous bill I've seen."

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This is just lovely. Proposed legislation in Tennessee would require death certificates for aborted fetuses -- creating public records that identify women who have had abortions.

Rep. Stacey Campfield, a Republican, said his bill would provide a way to track how many abortions are performed. He predicted it would pass in the Republican-controlled Senate but would have a hard time making it through the Democratic House.

The thing is, the number of abortions performed is already reported to the state's Office of Vital Records. So the only purpose of this bill is to identify women having abortions -- it would even include their social security numbers!

House Judiciary Chairman Rob Briley called this "the most preposterous bill I've seen." No fucking joke.

More at Women's Health News.

Tagged as: feminism, abortion, reproductive health

Jessica Valenti is founder and editor of Feministing.

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Here...let me make you feel at home...Come listen to the story of a man named Jed [Report this comment] Posted by: robmikejas on Feb 15, 2007 11:23 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] The Republican "Family Values Crowd" just kickin' up a little more dust at the barn dance [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] TENNESSEE, GET A GRIP [Report this comment] Posted by: VZEQICVA on Feb 15, 2007 2:02 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] This is not an effort to keep meticulous medical records. It's a way to intrude on a woman's privacy and borders on perversion. It's morbid. Reminder: a birth certificate asks for the name of the father. You are deliberately complicating an already delicate matter and it serves no useful purpose. You people are frightening.What do you do for fun? Thank,s ANNA [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] frank67 [Report this comment] Posted by: frank67 on Feb 15, 2007 2:56 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Lest we forget - the Scopes trial took place in Tennessee. But, It was Tennessee State Senator who was the final deciding vote giving women the vote. Yet this latest "foetus nut case" is more like the Scopes trial! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Women, get ready to lead the fight! [Report this comment] Posted by: TheNamelessCity on Feb 15, 2007 4:04 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] The future of personal liberty in this country is going to depend on women more than anyone else. Don't meekly submit to the partriarchical religious wackos. Women need freedom from religion and other dark age institutions. This is just another attempt to control women's sex lives and bodies. Fight it, make it a publlic fight so everyone can see what is happening!!! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Why not Deadbeat Moms Too? [Report this comment] Posted by: TonyGottlieb on Feb 15, 2007 7:18 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] The abortion of a child is the quintessential parental deadbeat act. Few have any problem publicly identifying deadbeat Dads, why not deadbeat Moms? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Why not Deadbeat Moms Too? Posted by: carcinoid112 » RE: Why not Deadbeat Moms Too? Posted by: Uncle Crabby Tennessee abortion law? [Report this comment] Posted by: mommafont on Feb 16, 2007 8:44 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Just so people don't make the mistake of painting all Tennesseans with the same paint brush, please understand that Mr. Campfield has a reputation of being somewhat of a nutcase, and no one takes him very seriously. Just remember not to jump to conclusions every time you hear about a ridiculous statement made by a politician. All states have their embarrassments. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] If they go by brain-death there, [Report this comment] Posted by: Ian MacLeod on Feb 16, 2007 4:15 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ...then Rep. Stacey Campfield ought to have a death cert instead of an ID. This is just mre fanaticism (has anyone considered what subequent legislation might do with his?), and right-wing invasiveness. Personally, I'm getting sick of what a few wannabe aristocrats and dictators are doing to what used to be a somewhat free country. Ian [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] An abortion without record is always possible for people with resources. [Report this comment] Posted by: blitzmesser on Feb 16, 2007 8:30 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] When you have financial resources, you can get an abortion. No questions asked. (I know.) Again, the people without resources are at the mercy of the religious fanatics. Killing people overall seems to be ok by them... I don"t hear any outcry of those fanatics with power and money... who have their own jets, hotels, support crew, etc., against killing "out of the womb" (born) people in so many other countries. Their voices are silent, because business is good for them, if they remain silent. Their god is in their employ. Many politicians and religious "leaders" look upon Bush as their god. (Proving their intellectual non-advancement since Darwin's theory of evolution.) Creeps they are. What they represent is greed and ego, nothing more refined. Most of them don't even believe in the religion they proclaim to be the only true one. (In this country, for sure.) Most of their claims are made to get money!!!!! from the simple minded, uneducated, naive, and gullable, who believe the crap about eternal live, etc. and the soul of the unborn. An egg is an egg until it is hatched. Human eggs are no different. To assume that humans have evolved and deserve special treatment, even as embryos, is simply ridiculous: One look upon our "leaders" should suffice. I consider them the scum of the human race, who have put the claim, that humans are higher than other animals regarding intellectual, spiritual, and emotional potential, to shame. Considering the behavior of so many "good" and "respected" people ... I would say: "good riddance. Please, don't ever come back!!!!!!" Where are the enlightened? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Seed spilling [Report this comment] Posted by: No.mad on Feb 17, 2007 7:11 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Maybe anytime and every time a man "spills his seed" on the ground, on rather than in his dead brother's wife's body or anywhere but a human vagina a death certificate should be issued. Let'em keep statistics on that [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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