of course it is. The point is here, who would be “criminalized?” Certainly not any of the cases we’ve been reading about where the doctor has been too scared of jail to take proper care. Even assuming a prosecutor was fool enough to try to go after such a woman, the outrage would be heightened far further than it is now.
of course it is. The point is here, who would be “criminalized?” Certainly not any of the cases we’ve been reading about where the doctor has been too scared of jail to take proper care. Even assuming a prosecutor was fool enough to try to go after such a woman, the outrage would be heightened far further than it is now.
Red states are already criminalizing women who act without doctors. In Louisiana, just HAVING an abortion pill, not even taking it, can send you to prison. Women are being accused of murder because their miscarriage was caused by an “unhealthy lifestyle.” At least if the statutes were consistent about who was “to blame” those needing help could get it without the doctor fearing giving it.
It is easy to say “something must be done to stop this.” The problem is how to GET that something done. If I have to choose between outrages, to get people’s attention, I’d choose criminalizing a mother over letting her die, anytime.
But mothers are “safe from jail” if not a coffin because the legislators KNOW that criminalizing the woman is a bridge too far. They just pass the deaths off as “God’s Will.”
of course it is. The point is here, who would be “criminalized?” Certainly not any of the cases we’ve been reading about where the doctor has been too scared of jail to take proper care. Even assuming a prosecutor was fool enough to try to go after such a woman, the outrage would be heightened far further than it is now.
Red states are already criminalizing women who act without doctors. In Louisiana, just HAVING an abortion pill, not even taking it, can send you to prison. Women are being accused of murder because their miscarriage was caused by an “unhealthy lifestyle.” At least if the statutes were consistent about who was “to blame” those needing help could get it without the doctor fearing giving it.
It is easy to say “something must be done to stop this.” The problem is how to GET that something done. If I have to choose between outrages, to get people’s attention, I’d choose criminalizing a mother over letting her die, anytime.
But mothers are “safe from jail” if not a coffin because the legislators KNOW that criminalizing the woman is a bridge too far. They just pass the deaths off as “God’s Will.”