Sorry I'm late

I've had a lot on my mind the last few days. Anyway, a few days ago (has it only been a couple of days? It feels like weeks.), news of HB1677 being introduced made its way around the blogosphere, inciting a wave of commentary and emails to Delegate John Cosgrove of Virginia.

Apparently Del. Cosgrove has seen the light about the confusing wording of his bill. He's withdrawn it.

Christina Nuckols of the Virginian-Pilot has the story here.

Venton Blandin of WCAV in Charlottesville also reported this.

The issue all along was the wording of the bill, including the phrase "fetal death." Cosgrove has said that his intention was to reduce the number of babies who reached full term and then were abandoned. Good intention, wrong wording. According to Mr. Blandin, Del. Cosgrove "will probably work on another bill further down the road with the specific word “stillborn” in the its text."