Death Certificates on Abortions Proposed

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All i can say is wow this is politcian who has some guts to bring this to the floor…
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breitbart.com/news/2007/02/14/D8N9LFT00.html
Legislation introduced in Tennessee would require death certificates for aborted fetuses, which likely would create public records identifying women who have abortions.

Rep. Stacey Campfield, a Republican, said his bill would provide a way to track how many abortions are performed. He predicted it would pass in the Republican-controlled Senate but would have a hard time making it through the Democratic House.

“All these people who say they are pro-life _ at least we would see how many lives are being ended out there by abortions,” said Campfield.

The number of abortions reported to the state Office of Vital Records is already publicly available. The office collects records _ but not death certificates _ on abortions and the deaths of fetuses after 22 weeks gestation or weighing about 1 pound.

The identities of the women who have abortions are not included in those records, but death certificates include identifying information such as Social Security numbers.
Campfield’s bill, introduced Monday, would give abortion providers 10 days following an “induced termination of a pregnancy” to file a death certificate.
 
Most states (if I recall correctly) require death certificates for any fetus after 22 weeks that does not survive. It is the ones before that we have no idea the number of. Incidently, not all of these are abortions in the way we use this term. Abortion can also refer to a miscarriage that occurs after 22 weeks gestation. I about flipped when they listed my child as an abortion when I lost the baby right at 22 weeks. It is quite a shocker right after you lose a baby and they make you sign a death certificate that has the word aborted on it!!!
 
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