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prochoice_maryland2011-06-26 08:11 pm
lynn82md.livejournal.com) wrote in prochoice_maryland2011-06-26 08:11 pm
US Women who have Stillbirths Face Murder Charges
Women's rights campaigners see the creeping criminalisation of pregnant women as a new front in the culture wars over abortion, in which conservative prosecutors are chipping away at hard-won freedoms by stretching protection laws to include foetuses, in some cases from the day of conception.
"If it's not a crime for a mother to intentionally end her pregnancy, how can it be a crime for her to do it unintentionally, whether by taking drugs or smoking or whatever it is," Robert McDuff, a civil rights lawyer asked the state supreme court.
Great point! These pregnancies aren't unwanted. They were really wanted and it's a slap in a face to these women to prosecute them. They are going through a hard time as it is.
I got this as a link through FB, btw
"If it's not a crime for a mother to intentionally end her pregnancy, how can it be a crime for her to do it unintentionally, whether by taking drugs or smoking or whatever it is," Robert McDuff, a civil rights lawyer asked the state supreme court.
Great point! These pregnancies aren't unwanted. They were really wanted and it's a slap in a face to these women to prosecute them. They are going through a hard time as it is.
I got this as a link through FB, btw
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Ridiculous. Next will be punishment fir failure to conceive
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