Should abortionists be charged with murder like murderers who kill pregnant women?

Question

If someone murders a pregnant woman they get two counts of murder, but an abortionist gets off free and is allowed to kill innocent babies. How can laws be like this?

You say I think im morally superior? The only ones who think they are superior are the baby killer abortionist and mothers wanting to play god and end a life.

Answer 1

ABORTIONISTS AND ANYONE WHO HAS HAD AN ABORTION I THINK SHOULD GO TO PRISON FOR MURDER I DONT AGREE WITH IT AT ALL

Answer 2

Okay, first of all ... the law now known as Connors Law which allows a murderer to be convicted of two counts is, to be put simply, further propaganda. It never would have gone through if the president hadn't been a bible thumper.

Now, for the common sense.

That law assumes on the side of life, because the people left after the mother is gone can't know any differently. They have no way of knowing what the mothers intentions were regarding the pregnancy, so to be on the safe side they assume she would have kept it .. since the majority in terms of numbers DO choose to continue their pregnancies instead of terminating.

Also, it should be noted that in the entire term of recorded history, there has only ever been two cases where the subject of double murder was mentioned when a pregnant woman was killed. Two.

Now, for the question base ... no, the doctor performing the abortion should not be charged any more than a neurologist should be charged for removing a tumor. They are performing a LEGAL medical procedure, simple as that. It's a far cry from the illegal act of killing a woman who's pregnant. The fact that you even equate the two as the same thing says something vital about your though processes ... and they're seriously lacking.

Answer 3

In an ideal world, abortion is wrong, however, in the modern world and society, of which we form a part, we all aspire to some form of ideal, whether its baking a perfect cake, finding the perfect partner, reaching perfect orgasm or having a perfect punishment for a crime. I am against abortion, I am also a Christian. And for some self-righteous non-believers, I am a university educated person.
All that aside, I feel abortion is a character trait of the "modern" society, where everything is easy, effortless, remote-controlled and leaves one free of guilt. Why, so we don't need to put in as much of a quality form of effort to the way we live our lives. We want our bottoms wiped for us, hopefully a robot is well on its way from good ole Japan, where mass production can afford us all the opportunity of having that much more, never mind the quality. God has given us nature to take care of, and it to take care of us, but, we're too busy having it all, at no expense to us or our time. We have ready meals, tv dinners, the media to tell us what to think and good old reading (which helps with spelling and holds the key to all knowledge, is seen as boring and requiring too much effort).
Don't get me wrong, i'm a computer freak, i love having things easy myself, i'm not complaining, but some people, who dont think as deeply as you, me and a few others, need LOTS more help to aspire to moral higher ground. Shame.
See, when someone has irresponsible sex (i know there are exceptions such as rape and rare diseases) but those people who don't think about consequences of their actions, want to use abortion as a last minute contraception to make up for the fact that they couldnt be arsed to think that far BEFORE they partook in "irresponsible sex". So, someone has to pay, and as the modern world predicts, why does it have to be the individual, let someone else pay, and as it just so happens, it is a silent, unborn innocent who does.
Yup, we have "guilt free" ice-cream, "guilt free" chocolate, why not "guilt-free" lives, after all, that requires too much effort to be that honourable, who needs honourability when the world sucks anyway. And so they go on blaming "the world" when in fact, its them who perpetuate this cycle of "big, hard, cold cruel world". i think, perhaps, the world will be a better place if we stuck to our guns regarding morality, quality and effort, to love others as we love ourselves.

Answer 4

At this point, abortion is still legal, so providing a legal procedure to a woman who has consented to it, can not be made a crime.

This was point of making it a double murder to kill a pregnant woman. Who do you think is pushing these laws on a state level? This is not an accident. The anti-choice movement wants to slowly chip away at the gap between the legal termination of a pregnancy and the illegal "killing" of an unborn fetus.

Answer 5

well, the woman goes in there of her own volition. no one can force her to walk into that clinic, sign the consent forms, lay on the table and allow her baby to be killed. if the abortionist were to be charged with murder wouldn't it stand to reason that the mother would be charged as an accessory?

Answer 6

A. The law is thirty years old and has withstood attacks on constitutional grounds.

B. If you start deciding how other people live their lives, there's nothing stopping the creation of laws to dictate how other peoples' lives are lived. For instance, I think you should stop using the internet, it's killing one too many brain cells for critical thinking.

I have no real desire to convince you from your absolutionist position. However, consider two things - your privacy, and what it's like to feel invaded, and the loss of doctor-patient relationships.

Whether you like to admit it or not, you are no more morally superior than anyone else on Y! answers, let alone the planet. Just because you find it morally opposing on non-legal grounds doesn't mean we should make laws based on how you feel.

Answer 7

While the death of the fetus may be a felony when the mother is killed, I doubt that the actual charge is murder.

In this case, your analogy becomes equivalent to stealing. If I take a valuable object away from a woman, it is a felony. If she gives it to me, it is not.

Answer 8

I am against abortion, I think that if people are educated about how things like this happen, they shouldn't do it.

BUT! What about rape? A woman is not to blame if she becomes pregnant from rape. They were forced into it, and a child would be a constant reminder of that horrible event.

I think you stated your question incorrectly. You shouldn't make a generalization about this kind of issue.

Answer 9

Not as long as abortion is legal. If some day Roe vs. Wade is overturned and it is left up to each state to decide whether or not to allow abortions then those states that choose not to can decide how to prosecute those cases.

Answer 10

yea pretty much the abortionist is the hitman, the pregnant women paid him to "get rid" of it.