A person who gives consent for an abortion and cooperates for it is as much responsible as the person who performs it.
The closest comparison is hiring a hit man. The person who hires gets the same penalty.
If you would make an abortionist guilty of a crime, you make a woman guilty too.
Can’t get around it.
Yes, you can. And, in fact, we did. During all those years in which abortion was illegal, it was the abortionist, not the woman, who was prosecuted.
No, you are trying to trap me, because you are some( what) pro-choice? I would assume; I will not fall for it:
I know that you dont really advocate the jailing of women that go to have abortions. My position is perfectly consistent since I would charge the person who “holds the weapon” and acutally carries out the abortion for MURDER. The woman may not know what she is doing (since the issue has been clouded by your side..thanks alot..), also even if so, maybe she deserves a lesser crime, but The abortionist is the actual killer.
Also it (being an abortion doctor): “Do no harm” IS against the hypocratic OATH!~