Abortion is inhuman, vile and brutal. So is brutal & violent rape. I am having hard time coming to terms with sending the pregnant woman to prison if she chooses to abort the pregnancy immediately. No abortion after 60 days after rape.
There is no reason we cannot treat these matters on a case by case basis, but the life of the innocent unborn ought to be our first obligation to the extent we want to be a civil society. Granted, there are those who take no interest in having a civil society, and these will be dealt with one way or another.
It used to be that abortion was one of those things we knew happened, but was understood to be abhorrent. It was not something we felt necessary to legislate about because it was known to be inherently wrong; kept hush hush. Alas, it has become a matter of convenience. This is not good.
That's a red herring. Prior to Roe v. Wade, women who had abortions were never sent to prison; in fact, they were never prosecuted. It was the abortionist who was sent to prison, lost his license to practice medicine, etc. Always.