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In Virginia, it may soon be a criminal offense to fail to report a miscarriage to the police within twelve hours - regardless of gestational age. Here is the full text of the bill.

There is an essay on this topic at some progressive sites, including the Daily Kos and Democracy for Virginia. This really should not be a progressive women's issue - this should be a family issue. I can't imagine that any family of any ideological stripe wants to spend the first few hours after an early miscarriage filling out paperwork; and as some have pointed out, strict compliance with this law would necessitate that sexually active women report each and every menstrual cycle to the authorities, just to be sure.

Thanks to leora for the heads-up.