[Uncle Miltie]

Answer: None. Throw the doctor in jail for 2 years.

[mhx]

Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too. The woman has to live with herself for the rest of her life, the doctor gets whatever a murder charge carries in that state. That will dry up the supply of people who will do abortions pretty quickly.

[trumandogz]

You are willing to let an accomplice in a premeditated murder walk free?

[mngran]

Answer: None. Throw the doctor in jail for 2 years.

Why this distinction? The woman took intentional steps to end the life of her baby. She showed up at the abortion clinic and cooperated as the baby was killed. That sounds like murder to me. How can you not punish her? What's the point of making it illegal if there's no penalty?

[M. Dodge Thomas]

"Answer: None. Throw the doctor in jail for 2 years."

The problem there is that you don't need a doctor to perform an abortion. For example in my state (IL) the last few yeas before abortions became illegal there were a were a number of womens' groups teaching how to perform “menstrual extractions”.

The only time a doctor needs become involved in a first trimester abortion is the unusual case where something goes wrong, in which case they are treated the complications of a botched abortion.