Women didn’t go to jail back in the old days when abortion was illegal or severely restricted across the country. Why would anyone think that women would go to jail if abortion is again restricted???
Abortion is murder for convenience. It’s also a medical procedure. It takes a “doctor” or at least a quack with a medical license to do them. If you want to get rid of 99% of the abortions, that’s the weak point in the system.
It’s unlikely the US would ever want to go there, not even in the case of a very tight ban. This would put it at odds with parallel laws about procuring killings, but better to stop the criminal liability at the abortionist than to risk losing the ban.
Those who advocate for abortion-murder should go to jail though.
Mexican Judge Frees Women Jailed for Miscarriages
MEXICO CITY – A Mexican judge ordered the release of seven women serving long prison term in the central state of Guanajuato after suffering spontaneous abortions, state Attorney General Carlos Zamarripa told Efe.
Last Friday, a judicial decree was published in Guanajuato reducing the punishment of women convicted of homicide in cases of miscarriage or spontaneous abortion.
“With the new juridical concept, these seven women will enjoy their freedom this very night,” Zamarripa said Tuesday.
The women, all of them poor and with little education, were serving sentences of up to 30 years after being convicted of killing their newborn babies.
One of the women has already spent eight years behind bars.
This case sparked unease among Mexican and international human rights activists and public criticism from U.N. officials.
Last week, Guanajuato legislators added new wording to Article 156 of the state penal code “For the mother who deprives her child of life within the 24 hours immediately after the birth of the latter, and in addition if said deprivation is the consequence of motives of a psychosocial character, (a term of) three to eight years in prison will be imposed.”
The women to be released are: Maria Araceli Camargo Juarez, Ofelia Segura Frias, Yolanda Martinez Montoya, Liliana Morales Moreno, Ana Rosa Padron Alarcon, Susana Dueñas Rocha and Bonifacia Andrade Hurtado.
Since 2000, more than 40 Guanajuato women have been put on trial for abortion, which carries with it a prison sentence of up to three years according to the state penal code, and nine of them are currently on probation.
Legislation regarding abortion varies among Mexico’s 32 jurisdictions. While Mexico City permits termination of a pregnancy up to 12 weeks after conception, some states continue to treat abortion as a criminal offense.
Read more at Latin American Tribune
Notice that it is not the misogynistic Catholic Church that is complaining about this miscarriage of justice.
Do not trust them.
Wrong, both should go to jail for first degree premeditated murder.
I remember when it was illegal. Quacks performing them in a motel room for big money. Infections and death from DIY. If it becomes illegal again you can count on an avalanche of press about the deaths of DIY, quacks, etc. Look for DIY abortion tools on the internet. There isn’t a good solution.
Therefore, I support no abortion unless it is a choice between death of the mother or child and then the mother would choose. In rape, no abortion, but the perpetrator made to automatically pay to victim. No lawsuit, automatic.
I disagree, both should go to jail, the abortionist for first degree premeditated murder and the woman for hiring a murderer to kill her baby.