Reply #83: I e-mailed him about it...

[DCdem87]

and I got a form letter basically saying that HB1677 doesn't even mention the word miscarriage. That this law only apply's to baby's already born that die. The only reason why they have the 12 hour limit is because, due to gases of decomposition, it is hard to figure out if a baby was born dead or born alive. The main purpose of this bill was put forth by the Chesapeake Police Department to combat a string of improperly disposed dead babies--and the fact that people who did this could only be charged with improper disposal of a corpse. I live in Chesapeake and have seen the stories on the news about improperly disposed babies, and I agree that it should be law to make sure that the parents of that baby should be legally obligated to notify the police so that people who don't and dispose of babies can get bigger sentences in a courtroom. There is no reason why that baby should have to decompose in a dumpster because the parents were afraid to go to the police. Why would they be afraid to go to the police and have a coroner's report anyway if the baby really did die outside the womb of natural causes?