South Carolina Bill Would Label Abortions As Homicide — Make Participants Eligible for the Death Penalty
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I don't agree with this
If you're opposed to abortion, sure, make it difficult to perform them and punish places like Planned Parenthood which are literal human organ trafficking centers.
But the death penalty? I mean, I guess if you look at murder as a sin punishable by death -- especially if it's a child -- it would make sense, but this seems to do nothing but add fuel to arguments that we're turning back into a Theocracy, and as much as I think abortion is WRONG, I can't get behind this.
Just my .02. There are plenty who would disagree and say that the death penalty for a woman who aborts her baby is justified.
I read this as those doing the murder, not the mother. And, since you seem to be correct I agree with you.
I think many/most times the mother is just in a difficult situation. Sure, she put herself there, but there needs to be some compassion and healing there, and she needs love in those cases, not condemnation.
Anyone going against the law and actually murdering the child though? Absolutely yes.
The fetus/baby is a child: a living, human being, being nourished, protected in the mother’s womb.
I am an abolitionist, but I do think any measures that put limits to abortion are good (most abolitionists dont). I think it's clear that abortion is murder, but I think, perhaps, the slippery slope is how does one differentiate between an early abortion and a legitimate miscarriage? I've had 4 known losses, all babies I longed for, but I wouldn't want the government stepping in and claiming I killed them. From what I've read, approximately 50-75% of fertilized ovum never develop and are miscarried (this is across mammalian species as its difficult to get true human numbers), but I'd venture that to be a true statement. No way should a mother be punished for that.