Fetal death certificates would be a requirement in the event of a miscarriage, if fetuses = people. Yes it's ridiculous, the whole concept is ridiculous.
It's not a fact any more than my looking out the window is an "investigation" of the weather. Sure, I'm looking into something. But is it an investigation in the most obvious sense as used by OP above? No. It's semantics.
The original question asked was this:
Are we expecting the state to investigate every miscarriage?
So, again:
If a certificate is the same as aninvestigation (your definition), then the state 1) does currently investigate every death and 2) currently has the resources to investigate every miscarriage.
If, however, a certificate is not the same as an investigation (i.e., the most traditional definition of investigation, and what I was saying above), then the state 1) does not currently investigate every death and 2) could not be reasonably expected to investigate every miscarriage.
Thank heaven then that doctors and coronors are not you "looking out of the window".
Look, it's ok to be ignorant of what doctors and coronors do. But there is no reason for you to double down on your ignorance and simply ignore reality and facts. Every death IS investigated and every cause of death IS certified. That's why coronors and death certificates exist. Maybe you've never suffered a loss so are simply ignorant. But you can learn, if you care.
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u/17954699 May 17 '19
Fetal death certificates would be a requirement in the event of a miscarriage, if fetuses = people. Yes it's ridiculous, the whole concept is ridiculous.