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To: contessa machiaveli
what would you think is the proper penalty if a woman intentionally throws herself down a flight of stairs and miscarries?

In that case, we clearly have an abortion where the woman herself is the abortionist. And there are plenty of other ways a woman could self-abort, the options available to her only increasing with time and technological advancement.

That's why I've never been able to understand the common pro-life position that abortion is murder and should be banned as such, but the principal in the crime should get off without criminal penalty. This is essentially a position in support of decriminalization of abortion - technically illegal, but allowed to be practiced with virtual impunity. I fail to see how this is a morally superior position to that of supporting full legality of abortion under regulation and controls, which is the position I support.

62 posted on 02/12/2004 7:14:23 PM PST by BearArms
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To: BearArms
I fail to see how this is a morally superior position to that of supporting full legality of abortion under regulation and controls, which is the position I support.

Well, the fact that it would prevent many more deaths than full legality would, kinda makes it a tad morally superior.

65 posted on 02/12/2004 8:47:20 PM PST by inquest (The only problem with partisanship is that it leads to bipartisanship)
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