New law will require marriage as a legal condition of motherhood

[ramanth]

Liz, thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear the Senator had a change of heart.

I'd have to read the actuall bill to make a final determination though. Do you have a link to it?

This link was nestled in the article.

http://www.in.gov/legislative/interi...lim/HFCO04.pdf

Does it have the info you were looking for?

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

I think she must have eaten some bad
fish or something.

I heard this morning that she had withdrawn her proposal - "because it was a much more complicated issue than she previously thought."

Advice for senators - make sure you know all aspects of what you're proposing before you make yourself look like a complete idiot in front of the entire nation.

The news report did say that what she meant the proposal to do was put some sort of regulations on "artificial" means, not that she would ban single women from getting pregnant the "old fashioned" way. Not that this makes it anymore right. I think, like Liz said "I believe the intent was to find a way to prohibit gays and lesbians (specifically) from using medical procedures to become pregnant."

[lizbud]

A small article in the morning paper today.

Assisted-reproduction bill dropped

Mary Beth Schneider
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A controversial proposed bill to prohibit gays, lesbians and single people from using medical procedures to produce a child has been dropped by its legislative sponsor.
State Sen. Patricia Miller, R-Indianapolis, issued a one-sentence statement Wednesday saying: "The issue has become more complex than anticipated and will be withdrawn from consideration by the Health Finance Commission."


Miller said later that the issue of regulating assisted reproduction, just as the state regulates adoption, is multifaceted. She said there was not enough time for the committee -- a panel of lawmakers that meets when the Indiana General Assembly is not in session to discuss possible legislation -- to work through all of the issues involved by its next meeting Oct. 20.
Miller had planned to ask the committee to vote at that meeting on whether to recommend the proposed bill to the full legislature when it meets in January.
Under her proposal, couples who needed assistance to become pregnant -- such as through intrauterine insemination; the use of donor eggs, embryos and sperm; in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer; or other medical means -- would have had to be married to each other.
In addition, married couples who needed donor sperm and eggs to become pregnant would have been required to go through the same rigorous assessment of their fitness to be parents as do people who adopt a child.
The proposal had drawn fire from the Indiana Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood of Indiana.


Call Star reporter Mary Beth Schneider at (317) 444-2772