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The rest of the article can be found here.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.
Also, here's the bill itself in PDF format.
Contained therein is the following:
(a) Before intended parents may commence assisted reproduction, the intended parents shall obtain an assessment from a licensed child placing agency in the intended parents' state of residence.
(b) The assessment must follow the normal practice for assessments in a domestic infant adoption procedure and must include the following information:
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(10) A description of the family lifestyle of the intended parents, include a description of individual participation in faith-based or church activities, hobbies, and other interests.
So basically, if you aren't a married, church-going, heterosexual woman, Indiana wants to make it illegal for you to have a child, unless it's conceived via sexual intercourse. That's right; all you homos and heathens, you can kiss your plans for in vitro fertilization, sperm donation, and egg donation goodbye.
And what are the penalties for going through with such a procedure without this gestational certificate? "[A prospective 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."
For the purpose of comparison, in the state of Indiana, crimes such as battery and harassment are considered class B midemeanors, and those found guilty of such crimes are liable to pay fines up to $1000 and/or spend 180 days in jail.
My apologies if this has been posted on here before... I was just so outraged that I had to share it.