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To: Snuffington
the American Center for Bioethics found no evidence of a woman ever being prosecuted as an "accomplice" in abortion. There are cases in which accused abortionists convinced the court to recognize women as acomplices, but no prosecutions followed.

Exactly what I said. In fact, it is bizarre in the extreme to let off the ringleader and prosecute her hired guns instead.

140 posted on 02/13/2002 4:48:52 AM PST by Architect
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To: Architect
Exactly what I said.

No you said : "murderers were never punished for their crimes."

You classified the women getting the abortion as "accomplices," not murderers. The abortionist is the murderer in this case. And they certainly were punished in the past.

However Mr. Lallier, whom you cited, was concerned exclusively that abortion cannot be illegal because it would inevitably lead to endless legal entanglements of women as accomplices in abortions. Despite the fact that you may think it unjust, since women were never prosecuted as abortion accomplices when abortion was illegal, Mr. Lallier's contention is refuted by the facts.

You now seem to be raising a new objection to illegal abortion: If all guilty parties cannot be punished, no guilty party may be punished. In other words, if you cannot punish both the abortionist and the woman who procures his services, you ought to let both off scot free. Have I accurately stated your position?

141 posted on 02/13/2002 5:03:18 AM PST by Snuffington
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