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Originally posted by Penske_Account
A special degree of murder. Felony. 5-10 years first offence. 20-life for second.
Sure. there are pregnant women in prisons and jails, no? They way the system works I doubt that someone post-first trimester who gets arrested for attempted abortion will be convicted prior to delivery, although she could be in jail.
I am not against community service sentences for attempted abortion or even, maybe, in some cases, for women who procure successful abortions.
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If the woman convicted of getting an abortion (or trying) already has several children, what happens to them? If she was unsuccessful in the unmonitored, held to no medical standard abortion, but the fetus was damaged, who takes care of that kid? It'd have to be foster care, right, or is termination of parental rights part and parcel of the conviction.
