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February 23, 2011

Georgia Measure Calls for Investigating Miscarriages 
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A Republican state legislator in Georgia has introduced a measure that
would make abortion the legal equivalent of murder and force the
criminal investigation of women who suffer miscarriages. The bill, HB 1,
from House Republican Bobby Franklin, would classify the removal of a
fetus under any circumstance other than during a live birth or to remove
a dead fetus as "prenatal murder." Doctors and hospitals would be forced
to report miscarriages to authorities, who would then have to
investigate if the miscarriage occurs without medical attention.



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