Take THAT, Cosgrove!

[docwebster]

Legislation that would have required mothers who had failed to report fetal deaths to the police within 12 hours of the delivery to face a possible misdemeanor sentence will be withdrawn, its patron said on Monday.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy, I tells ya.

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[greyman.livejournal.com]

What a weasel.... trying to claim "I didn't mean THAT" when the intent was truly obvious.

Surely, if the intent was to punish folks for killing babies brought to term and *born*, there would be references to "infants" and "birth", not "fetuses" and "miscarriages".