If you planned the murder, you would get a heavy sentence.
First of all, it's pretty hard to have an abortion without premeditation, particularly in states that have waiting periods. Secondly, I have said before (and you didn't like it when I said it) that you in particular and society in general are much more willing to show leniency to people for their bad acts while they are not in charge of themselves than I am.
I can understand how you, I, and society might want to show mercy to someone who was the victim of a rape and reduce the punishment, say, not send her to jail, but, if abortion is murder, than she's just as guilty of murder as someone who substitutes abortion for birth control. Guilty, but she's suffered enough I understand. Not guilty, I cannot. And I don't think that my failure to understand is a function of being either brain dead or pond scum. |
