PA Mom gets prison for getting daughter abortion

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

James Carville described Pennsylvania as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with Alabama in the middle. Having spent the first 18 years of my life there, I am in agreement with that.

Slate ran an article with more info on the woman now in jail for assisting her daughter in a medical abortion:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...e_and_now.html

Opponents of abortion claim that they are motivated by a deep concern for the well-being of women and girls, and that they push for increasingly harsh restrictions on abortion out of a desire to keep women safe and healthy.

Huh? The opponents I've encountered and read about are motivated sometimes by a religious belief abortion is murder and sometimes for the well-being of the fetus. Only heard of women's safety and health as an after-thought from the lifers.

I don't think this woman belongs in prison. I also think that driving 75 miles each way and $300-$600 is not an 'undue burden', especially when the sperm donor and or his family should bear at least half the cost and assist in transportation.

What is an 'undue burden' is to expect individuals having nothing to do with the mistake these two made, paying for the solution.