Posted on Apr 5, 2016
If abortion is made illegal, should the women who get them be punished?
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After Trump stated that the woman should be punished for getting an illegal abortion, anti-abortion groups quickly criticized him for that. They said only the doctors should be held responsible. But if abortion is made illegal because it's considered murder, how can only the doctor be charged? If a woman pays someone to kill her 1 year old, they don't just charge the killer. See my response below for more discussion
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Chris Matthews is such a scumbag, and I'm amazed Trump agreed to do an interview or town hall with him, doubly amazed that he went in so unprepared. He was pressured to give a concrete answer to a question about a hypothetical punishment under a hypothetical law, and he shouldn't have taken the bait.
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1stSgt (Join to see)
Bottom line is that Trump screwed the pouch on that one. He should have know better.
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I personally believe that any Law should have an expiration date. Perhaps no more than twenty years. One year before that expiration, the appropriate level legislature that wrote it, should then have to vote to keep it or let it (and all accompanying regulations) expire. If someone wants it to be eternal, put it through the same process as a Constitutional amendment.
Last time I did a google check for "stupid laws", one State, I believe my State (Michigan) had a law on the books that made it illegal for a woman to ride a boys bicycle. I'm sure the state legislature meant well, but stooooopid law.
But if a law is on the books it should be enforced. I like black and white, leave gray to a judge who will be presented evidence specific to the case, that the legislature may not have foreseen. If there is a conviction, the punishment should be applied.
As far as I know, the vast majority of abortions are legal, some may not be. If you've got a problem with that, one way or the other, within the law (general sense) work to change the law (specific sense) or accept that that is the law. I don't care if it is about gender acceptable bicycle riding or abortions.
Last time I did a google check for "stupid laws", one State, I believe my State (Michigan) had a law on the books that made it illegal for a woman to ride a boys bicycle. I'm sure the state legislature meant well, but stooooopid law.
But if a law is on the books it should be enforced. I like black and white, leave gray to a judge who will be presented evidence specific to the case, that the legislature may not have foreseen. If there is a conviction, the punishment should be applied.
As far as I know, the vast majority of abortions are legal, some may not be. If you've got a problem with that, one way or the other, within the law (general sense) work to change the law (specific sense) or accept that that is the law. I don't care if it is about gender acceptable bicycle riding or abortions.
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SrA Matthew Knight
Haha, I don't know about an expiration date but there should definitely be a review of laws every few years. North Dakota at one point I believe had two ridiculous laws, one was that you weren't allowed to fall asleep with your shoes on. The other was that businesses that primarily served alcohol could NOT serve pretzels. Now every law is made for a reason but lets be real here, those are absurd.
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With the way things are going women will need lawyers anytime the go to the doctor.
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