[DossarLX ODI]

Originally Posted by roundbox

Men have what to worry about, exactly? Assuming they're not emotionally attached to the mother/child, at worst, child support? MAYBE guilt if the mother dies giving birth? Men have little stake in this. If a woman gets pregnant, she has nothing else to do but accept the fact the baby is coming out of her legs no matter how unprepared she is economically or emotionally.

It's a good idea to take a look at the bigger picture of the effect these bills will have

What's scary is how rape is now effectively weaponized with those bills, and poor women are in a lot more trouble with bans on abortion. In an earlier post I mentioned this as well.

Originally Posted by DossarLX ODI

The more this bill is looked into, the worse it gets.

One (but obviously not the only) major contributing factor to a miscarriage is poor nutrition. Poor women would be at risk of being prosecuted with the bill's investigation clause because they have trouble affording food with decent nutritional value. Sugary drinks, for example, are cheap but very unhealthy. Basically, punish women who are struggling financially instead of giving them aid for better nutrition which would help lower an important contributing factor to miscarriages.

Also, if there is an abusive relationship between a man and a woman, the man could end up causing physical harm to the woman and potentially cause a miscarriage. If there isn't enough evidence to show that the man contributed to the miscarriage, then the woman is the one who still gets punished and the man gets away with it.

Or a rapist impregnates a woman and then injures her, inducing a miscarriage. Rapist not only tries to damage the woman's body with a pregnancy but the woman also gets punished with prison time even if the rapist receives a punishment.

Financial costs are also important. Deadly Delivery is a study about maternal health that had many disturbing findings; and while this data is from 2010, it's still important to see how relevant these issues are. Consider the following findings:

According to new UN data, maternal mortality in the US has worsened,
falling from 41st to 50th in the world. In other words, women in the US face
a greater risk of maternal death than in 49 other countries.

Over 4 million women in the US give birth each year, and the hospital bills
for this care reached $98 billion. International Federation of Health Plans
data indicated that the US spends twice as much as any other country
surveyed on the fees charged by maternal health care providers.

The US maternal mortality ratio, at 12.7 (deaths per 100,000 live births),
was 3 times as high as the Healthy People 2010 goal, a national target set
by the US government.

The maternal mortality ratio for American Indian/Alaska Native women was
4 times higher than the 2010 target and for African American women was 8
times higher than the 2010 target.

Women living in low-income areas across the US were twice as likely to
suffer a maternal death as women in high income areas.

The US cesarean rate rose for the 13th consecutive year to reach an all-time
high of 32.9% in 2009,6 more than double the WHO recommended range of
5% to 15%.

New analysis shows that the states reporting higher than average cesarean
rates (over 33% of births) had a 21% higher risk of maternal mortality than
states with cesarean rates less than 33%.7