Huh.

more details here
http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/...tate-laws.aspx

Nope, its not. And again, its up to the woman to be pregnant or not. And they were legal in many states long before roe v wade. Make them illegal again and it'll keep happening....only you'll have dead women too.
I'm figuring tho that doesn't matter. Protect the unborn, but to hell with the born.

Yep, they exist. Note they don't apply to abortion. Those charges typically get pinned onto a case where the woman wished to keep her pregnancy.
There was a guy here a couple years ago who intentionally rammed his car into his estranged wife's car. Killed the passenger who was pregnant. So, two murder charges filed by the state.
Go figure tho.....people leave their kids in hot cars and don't get charged....
Amazing how much more people sorry about those not born than those who are here already.

speaking of ful< yous...

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/arkansas-...ned-parenthood

Arkansas is ending its Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood, Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday, despite warnings federal officials have given other states that such a move could violate the law.

Hutchinson ordered the Arkansas Department of Human Services to terminate its Medicaid provider contract in 30 days. The move came in response to secretly recorded videos released by an anti-abortion group showing Planned Parenthood officials describing how they provide fetal tissue from abortions for medical research.

“It is apparent that after the recent revelations on the actions of Planned Parenthood, that this organization does not represent the values of the people of our state and Arkansas is better served by terminating any and all existing contracts with them,” Hutchinson said in a statement.

oh, way to go you *******. but hey, we don't need to spend half a billion on womens health...so it's a start.
yeah, it doesn't represent arkansas values that we have women get mammograms, bc, etc. good job, jerk.
can't wait to have my tax dollars pay to fight this out in court.

So do you feel women should go to jail for having abortions? Because you know, outlawing something doesn't eliminate it. In fact, during the Victorian era, when abortion was pretty much illegal across the country, some estimates put the per capita rate of abortion at 8 times what it is today.

So, what do you propose the punishment for these mothers (because the majority of women who have elective abortions already have at least one child) be? How many years do you think they should be locked away from their already living children for, Joey? What do you think is an appropriate sentence? Because if you're going to say it should be illegal, you need to be willing to back that up with what you think an appropriate sentence is.

Of course, outlaw it and the sentence for many women will be death. In the years immediately prior to Roe, 17 percent of maternal mortality deaths were due to illegal abortions. And in the mid 20th century it was estimated that there were between 200,000 and 1 million illegal abortions a year. This is when it was illegal, Joey. You think that's going to change if it's made illegal again? Please. We had almost 100 years of it being illegal and the rate per year was anywhere from 200,000 to 2,000,000 a year, depending on the source. And that's with a lot smaller population than we have today.

And the stats today- a vacuum-aspiration abortion carries a risk of death prior to eight weeks' gestation of one in one million. An abortion after 20 weeks' gestation creeps up to a little less than 9 in one million.

And childbirth? 12.7 per 100,000 will die. In just my own experience, I know one 13 year old girl whose mother died in childbirth and a pair of 4 year old twins whose mother died birthing them.

The long and short of it is, if abortion is outlawed, it will continue, at likely the same numbers it happens now, but the big difference is thousands of women will die every year from it, as they did in the past. Wives will die. Mothers will die. Daughters will die. They will die.

If you support abortion being made illegal again, you are saying you think death is an appropriate punishment for getting an abortion, because that will be the real world effect, no matter what fairy tale you try to spin for yourself. So never mind, Joey. You already answered Danzig's question.

But hey, I think we found Joey's candidate for President:

http://jezebel.com/mike-huckabee-den...-vi-1724398646

He is a cretin. No girl or woman should be forced to have to go thru all that. Shes learned some harsh lessons at a young age. Shes had her life changed forever because shes had to live with other peoples decisions forced upon her time and again.

So, when woman wants to keep blob of cells, taking it is murder.

But, when woman wants to discard blob of cells, it's her right.

Huh.

yeah, go figure a prosecuting attorney wanting to put on as many charges as possible...and add to a criminals sentence. what are they thinking?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unborn...f_Violence_Act

Which part of it "ending a human life" did you miss?

Every practice that is outlawed continues to some degree. There is drug abuse. There is underage drinking. There is insider trading. Yes, there are other varieties of murder. But obviously the incidence of these things goes down when they are outlawed and punishment after due process is applied.

Ever watch the investigative dramas about police work? There are many, many characters depicted that are in a bind, maybe they murder to end exploitation or blackmail, or they got carried away with an emotional reaction, or they were just stone cold evil. In every case, the sorting out of the case is left to the courts. The apprehension and charging of the suspect is uniformly carried out by the police, and then the case is adjudicated by the court.

That is all fiction of course, but it should say something about how we view the law and how we teach our kids (the ones not aborted), about right and wrong.

The idea that we would let a heinous practice continue to be legal just because people will continue to do it is not one that I would support.

Do you think that makes any sense?

By "that" I mean the idea that the status of the baby ONLY depends on whether the mother wanted it or not?

Two mothers, one named Smith, one named Jones, suffer the same crime and cease to be pregnant at the same point in gestation of the baby. Smith wanted her baby and so charges for an additional murder are brought upon her assailant. But Jones was on her way to an abortion clinic anyway so no additional charges are made.

One was a murdered human being and the other a discard blob of tissue.

That is INSANE.

One, no. The pa decides charges, not the victim.
two, abortion is specifically NOT covered by fetal laws.
three, i didnt write the crap. But yes, they want to charge folks with as much as possible....and then therre were victims of assualt who lost their almost due now dead infant,, and wanted recourse in the courts.
as for when life befins, go read roe. It explains how they nade ttheir decision and whos rights matter when in regards to abortion.

Ever watch the investigative dramas about police work?

Hahahahahshahahah.
well, that explains a lot. You think tv is reality?! Lol. Thats what attorneys complain about at trial now. Everyone expects csi stuff....its not real. Geez

No of course TV dramas are not reality - but I was trying to use as broad an example as possible to say that no matter the motivations for committing a crime, the crime must be stopped, the perpetrator apprehended, tried, and then either sentenced or released.

Not sure what thats got to do with abortion, which is legal.

:tro:

Thanks for your continued participation on this long decided subject.

Well if abortion is murder that is incorrectly categorized by current law...

Here's another wrinkle for you to think about:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...er-wanted.html

Excerpt: (international law)

EXCLUSIVE: Parents sue hospital for 'psychological trauma' of failed abortion and cost of bringing up daughter, now 14 - who SUPPORTS their £700,000 claim despite knowing she was never wanted
Elisa Bellandi, now 14, survived an abortion when her mother fell pregnant with her accidentally when aged 43
Parents, from Rimini, Italy, are suing the hospital that carried out the procedure for £700,000 for the girl's maintenance
Her father Giuseppe said: 'The doctors brought her into the world. They should provide for her study and indispensable needs until she is 18'
Elisa has always known she was a 'mistake' and supports her parents

if my aunt had an outie she'd be my uncle. it's not murder, even tho a few people think it should be.
i'm sure it hurts you to know that more people than ever support roe/wade, and want it to remain as is.

and check this out, to see about your fellow conservatives and abortion...cause actions speak louder than words:

http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-ca...ti-tales.shtml

why do i need to think about this?
what about the catholic hospital in colorado whose lawyers argued that fetuses aren't persons, thus the suit against them for 'killing' twins shouldn't go forward-and they won. that, from a religion who claims life begins at conception...unless of course they are facing payout for wrongful death. their mother was 7 months along, had a heart attack. she and the twins she was carrying died.
yeah, they argue one thing...but then go against that very teaching, cuz money.

I had not heard of that Colorado case, and I agree that's hypocritical, inconsistent and wrong.