It doesn’t matter what the wife says. The candidate said there must be some form of punishment for women who get abortions.
“The candidate said there must be some form of punishment for women who get abortions”
Historic American jurisprudence didn’t prosecute women who got abortions.
They were regarded by the law as victims of the abortionist. Only the abortion provider was prosecuted.
In all of American history there were exactly two women who were also charged, and neither was convicted as I recall.
Since these two cases were unlike any others there must have been some extenuating circumstance but I didn’t find a detailed explanation what prompted their prosecution.