Again, thanks for a reasonable response, but we'll have to disagree again. I'm not doubting that the pre-Roe laws punished only the doctors, but I don't agree with that approach. If the abortion is wrong, then the woman who sought the abortion should be punished. Just as I don't see justice served by putting the rape victim in jail, I don't see justice served by putting her doctor in jail. Either it's okay for the criminal justice system to punish someone because she refuses to carry the child, or it's not okay to punish someone because she refuses to carry the child. I will not support punishing someone because a rape victim refuses to carry the child forced on her by rape. I will not support putting the rape victim in jail, and I will not support putting her doctor in jail.
I'm sorry that you can't accept that I see the woman seeking the abortion as being just as guilty as the doctor who performs the abortion. If the criminal justice system proves that illegal abortions are occurring, then the women seeking those abortions will each have fewer total counts of the crime against them than the doctors who have provided multiple abortions. However, the notion that they should go free after contracting with someone to kill their unborn children is wrong.
Bill
I'm not doubting that the pre-Roe laws punished only the doctors, but I don't agree with that approach Well, when or if we are to return to a time when abortion is made illegal, then I suppose you and others who are similarly minded can work to enact laws that put abortive mothers in prison.
It's been a good exchange, thanks, Bill. Take care.