There is one question pro-lifers must address, one of the most if not the single hardest for many pro-lifers to answer it seems. Yet at its core it is actually quite a simple question. As such the pro-abortion crowd will often use it to try to stump pro-lifers and when they can’t get an answer they fallaciously claim that proves that there is no answer. That question is; what should happen to women getting abortion once it is made illegal? If we truly believe that it is the taking of a life, we should be able to answer this question. I think what makes it hard for most people is that they feel sorry for the woman, or think that she wasn’t in her right state of mind. Most would agree that the doctor should face criminal charges as they were the ones actually performing it. We could simply answer that they should be punished the same as if they were involved in the murder of anyone where there are multiple accessories to a murder , and leave it at that, but for the sake of examples and elaboration we should look at several laws relating to the issue. Let us compare it then to cases of women who have killed their children as that is the most analogous. They are deemed mentally unstable but I think they should still face serious penalties. Often times they are enticed into it by boyfriends who do not want to own up to the responsibility.
For the answer to some of this, let us look at how the law dealt with it before Roe v. Wade. Women would face penalties for abortion usually amounting to jail time but usually the doctor was the one who got charged with the more serous crime. When it comes down to it, all involved, the woman, the doctor, and anyone who enticed the woman into it should be held accountable. If we truly believe it is murder why not handle it the same as a murder case? Also consider the fact that if someone kills a pregnant woman they are charged with double murder in many states. In countries such as Chile and El Salvador it is completely illegal and have criminal charges attached to it. What it comes down to fundamentally is a changing of people’s mentality. Once it is recognized as murder it can be treated as such. What does everyone else think? Should the women and the Doctors be charged with different levels of crimes? Should the woman be considered mentally unstable and undergo therapy in a mental institute? What should the level of punishment of the women be in relation to the doctor?
This is partially a response to this video
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The abortive mother has the greater sin by presenting her baby to be murdered and paying for it with "blood money'. The abortionist is the executioner and mass murderer. Both should be given the death penalty which was mandated for child sacrifice in the OT.
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