Interesting point!!!!!! I certainly never thought about it like that. I will say this, though, I honestly do not think these abusers are choosing to use crack to abort their fetuses. These women (along with most others) are abusing this drug to satisfy some desire or dependency they have for it.
Taking into account the point you made about a person choosing another "method of abortion". I would say that if a woman told me (as a prosecutor) that she used crack to abort her baby because she could not afford to have it performed legally, I'd probably drop my case against her (provided I could actually believe it). Of course, I'd have to charge her with performing an illegal abortion, though.
That said, thanks for posting your view on this one.
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Originally posted by 1 Woman of Virtue:
Hello Forum,
This is my first time posting on your particular forum, though I have enjoyed reading the conversations that take place here.
I believe abortion is wrong. Period. But one must remember that it is legal when done in a hospital or clinic. That is, if you can afford to pay for it, you can have your "fetus" (child) surgically removed and killed. That is, if you can pay for it. And its not cheap. The danger in this law is that for those women who can't afford to pay to have this procedure performed in a sterile, clinic often will look to other means to kill the baby, including, drugs and other types of abuse. Now whether or not she meant to kill this child while it lived in her womb is not the question when it comes to the law of abortion. No one questions the legal motives when you go to a clinic...it just makes one wonder. Disproportionately, minority women fall into the group of women who are too poor to pay for the surgery. If abortion in a clinic is legal for those who can pay, why is abortion in a crack ally for those who can't illegal?
Whether abortion is right or wrong (and I believe it is wrong) you can't punish certain types of people for the method used, when the end is the same as others who can use "choice".
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