New law will require marriage as a legal condition of motherhood

[grybai]

I see where the confusion comes from. It's actually a punctuation error. It should read "Republican lawmakers are drafting new legislation that will make
marriage a requirement for motherhood in the state of Indiana,
including specific criminal penalties*,* for unmarried women who do
become pregnant 'by means other than sexual intercourse.'"

Another article (http://newstandardnews.net/content/?...em&itemid=2445), states it more clearly: "The proposed legislation would bar unmarried people from having babies except through sexual intercourse and makes doing so – or even attempting to do so – a misdemeanor."

[DJFyrewolf36]

Well at least the law isnt AS bizzare! But still, like I said before, a law like this could result in women being hurt or killed because if they are determined enough to have a baby then they'll just go to an illigal practitioner, just like the case is with Abortions.

[grybai]

Well at least the law isnt AS bizzare! But still, like I said before, a law like this could result in women being hurt or killed because if they are determined enough to have a baby then they'll just go to an illigal practitioner, just like the case is with Abortions.

I don't know... I'd just use a turkey baster at home like most good lesbians. Or go to a different state.

In any case, the chances of it actually passing at pretty slim.

[caseysmom]

Grybai...you owe me a new keyboard! I just about spit out my coffee! I never thought of the turkey baster idea....I figure maybe they want you to suffer through one loveless night with a man to be able to have a child....gee thats a lot better....

[animal_rescue]

Grybai...you owe me a new keyboard! I just about spit out my coffee! I never thought of the turkey baster idea....I figure maybe they want you to suffer through one loveless night with a man to be able to have a child....gee thats a lot better....

No no no, I like the turkey baster idea!! Just remember, never tell your kids where they came from.

[dukedogsmom]

That also happens to be the most fun way!

[carole]

I am a little scared and embarrassed to ask this, but what is the Turkey Baster Method? either I am an old naive woman, or this is just something us Kiwi's have never heard of? lol someone can always Pm me with the answer if it is not suitable to put here. I honestly have never heard this before.

[tatsxxx11]

Wow, I have to go back and read the bill more closely but on first glance, it seems some pretty chilling inferences may be drawn. What is the ultimate goal, to assure that only married couples be allowed to procreate? If they can prevent unmarried women from conceiving by artificial means, i.e. aritificial insemination, what is to say that in the future unwed women, wishing to conceive by conventional means, wouldn't have their births deemed illegeal? What is the difference??? Last time I checked, sperm banks, fertility clinics were not government run, I didn't need to ask my legislator..."May I?" ! What about couples where the husband is "handicapped," artficial insemination being their only recourse? What if the husband should die before conceiving and the women then chooses to become pregnant by aritificial insemination, with her husband's frozen sperm? Would she then be prohibited from doing so, based soley on the fact that she now is widowed? Why not make all couples, married or not, undergo the same intense scrutiny of the adoption process criteria before being allowed to have a child; not just single women! Well, two parents, being married, does not assure by ANY means, GOOD parenting!

I'm sorry "unauthorized reproduction," reproduction without state approval a crime? They can't be serious.

As the draft of the new law reads now, an intended parent "who
knowingly or willingly participates in an artificial reproduction
procedure" without court approval, "commits unauthorized
reproduction, a Class B misdemeanor." The criminal charges will be
the same for physicians who commit "unauthorized practice of
artificial reproduction."

[DJFyrewolf36]

The term "Unauthorized Reproduction" sounds kind of Nazi-ish and very scary to me.

tatsxxx11...You echoed my thoughts.

Grybai...I've known a few people that have actually TRIED the turkey baster approach...although I'm not sure as to the success of said endevor!

[tatsxxx11]

Yes, Nazi-ish. As well, eugenics came to mind, the policy of "selective reproduction," the policy of forced sterilization, practiced in many countries in the first half of the 20th century, including the U.S. In essence, selective breeding, culling out from the population, those deemed unsuitable to reproduce...criminals, the insane, the mentally retarded or emotionally challenged.