Sonograms, ‘child porn’ (USA)
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- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 05:25:24 -0800 (PST)
Sonograms, ‘child porn’
Editorial
Published: Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Depending on the situation, there is excitement surrounding a woman
finding out that she is with child. A sonogram, or picture of the
fetus, is taken when a pregnant woman has her first visit to the
doctor. These pictures are usually found on the refrigerator of a
house, framed on a desk in an office or more commonly posted on a
personal profile on the Internet. These practices have become a norm
when finding out that your family is expecting a new addition.
Pregnant women in North Dakota may now not be able to celebrate and
show off their unborn baby the way society has traditionally accepted.
The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill that states a
picture of a fertilized egg is now considered child pornography. It is
now going to the North Dakota Senate to be voted on.
This bill, if passed, will make it possible for women and men who have
a sonogram as their profile picture on Facebook to be arrested and put
on a sex offender registry list.
This law stems from the one that was recently passed declaring that a
fertilized egg now has full human rights. Sen. Dan Ruby, R.- Minot,
passed both laws and has been very vocal in trying to pass laws that
ban abortion. There is also an extension of these laws that would
create more worry for women besides illegal abortions. There may be a
clause in the bill that would rule women who have miscarriages as
criminally negligent.
These laws have been made with out being thought completely through
about how they will affect the women of North Dakota. Besides taking
away their freedom of choice, they are punishing them for something
they cannot even control. Women do not wish for miscarriages, and many
are emotionally distressed when they have one. Adding criminal charges
to their upset is completely ridiculous. Trying to make a sonogram
classified as child porn is creating something out of nothing. All
this law will do is put innocent, proud parents who are expecting on a
sex offender list with those who molest children and rape innocent
people. This is opening a can of worms bigger than they expect: All
science books would have to be changed because of pictures of unborn
children pictured to teach biology, genetics and health.
All these ridiculous laws are being made to do is eventually ban
abortion in the state. The lawmakers know it would probably be harder
to pass a law completely banning abortion in one all inclusive bill,
so instead they are doing it in a step-by-step process. These laws are
creating a slippery slope because of how they are doing things. Other
states that share the same opinions may start doing the same process
of a step-by-step ban on things. The lawmakers should seriously
consider exactly what they are banning and exactly who they are going
to put criminal charges on. These laws are slowly taking away the joy
of having a baby, and should not be allowed to pass in doing so.
http://www.dailytargum.com/opinions/sonograms%252C_child_porn-1.1594062
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