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Originally posted by Not Me
It would be an imperfect system, as our judicial system is not perfect. Innocent people get convicted of crimes, too. Should we stop convicting everyone to prevent that?
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Aside from the fact that pregnant women aren't, as a rule, criminals, there are a number of reasons this is not a parallel. For starters, and I'm doing this while tired and hungry, criminals have the option of choosing to have a jury. There's also not an inherent short time limitation on prosecuting a criminal.
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