Imagine you are a woman in prison. Pregnant.
Let's not even discuss how. The fact is you are about to go into labor. You are huge. Nine months now. It is time.
The guards are alerted.
The guards wouldn't want you to escape or run. You must be restrained although you can hardly walk. They handcuff you, shackle you around your belly, and slap leg irons on too--just in case you try to run. You are taken via squad car to the hospital. You get to your room at the community hospital (if you are fortunate to make it this far.)
No painkillers for you, maybe a Tylenol. You know you won't be getting the same treatment as the others in the hospital. The police go to work to make sure you don't hurt yourself, so they say. They think that you might run and escape while in labor. So they keep you shackled. You can't move. When you buck from the pain, they interpret it as trying to escape.
After all, aren't all good moms-to-be passive and quiet while giving birth?
Finally, after hours of labor, they remove your leg irons. Your ankles are raw. Aren`t you lucky! You have heard those who never have their leg irons removed the entire time.
WELCOME TO AMERICA! LAND OF THE FREE!
THANK-YOU BUSH FOR THE "CULTURE OF LIFE!"
Note: Only IL and CA ban these barbaric practices. Torture. This harkens to lobotomies, forced sterilizations, drilling holes in people heads to "drive out the devil".........
Call your Rep or Sen. http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/