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originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
a reply to: carewemust
Yes, that's true. But Trump thinks he will be King and can ban abortion with the wave of his wand... Trump has a LOT of crazy ideas about what it means to be president... He doesn't have a clue!
What's nuts to me is that people say they're sick of smooth tongued politicians who say and promise anything to get elected. Then, when a guy who says how he feels at the moment comes along, people dump him and elect another traditional politician. To say that people are "imperfect" is an understatement.
New York state’s highest court on Thursday rejected the manslaughter conviction of a woman who was pregnant when she crashed her car and whose baby was delivered by emergency surgery but died days later.
Prosecutors had argued that Jennifer Jorgensen was speeding, intoxicated and unbelted when she crossed into oncoming traffic in 2008 and hit another vehicle head-on, killing Robert and Mary Kelly. Jorgensen, of Long Island, was eight months pregnant at the time.
She was acquitted of manslaughter in the deaths of the Kellys but convicted of recklessly causing her daughter’s death.
But the court of appeals, in a five-to-one ruling, said the state legislature did not intend to hold a pregnant woman responsible for such harmful conduct to herself or her fetus unless it was intentional.
Her conviction was under the manslaughter statute for “recklessly” causing the death of another person. Jorgensen had been sentenced to three to nine years in prison, which was stayed pending her appeal. Now it is dismissed along with the charge.
Any imposition of criminal liability for actions of pregnant women where a child later dies from injuries suffered while in the womb needs to be clearly defined by lawmakers, Judge Eugene Pigott Jr wrote. “It should also not be left to the whim of the prosecutor.”
“Conceivably, one could find it ‘reckless’ for a pregnant woman to disregard her obstetrician’s specific orders concerning bed rest; take prescription and/or illicit drugs; shovel a walkway; engage in a contact sport; carry groceries; or disregard dietary restrictions,” Pigott wrote. “Such conduct, if it resulted in premature birth and subsequent death of the child, could result in criminal liability for the mother.”
www.theguardian.com...
Does the government give a voice to its unborn citizens?
originally posted by: 3danimator2014
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: TarzanBeta
a reply to: UnBreakable
Adding words to me again are they?
If the baby is certainly going to die, then I'm not against that. If the baby will certainly live, then I am. But that's the mother's choice to choose to protect her baby's life over her own. If she can't do that, then she would make a horrible mother and isn't a decent human being in the first place. Honor and death or Shame and life? I personally would rather die in Honor protecting those I love and for my beliefs than to make someone else die to take responsibility and for me to have a useless life of shame. That's just me, though.
So let me get this straight, if a single mother dies as opposed to having an abortion where she would live, you'd rather the baby live having no mother. You must be a real hoot at parties.
I suspect he's one of those people who doesn't like women for some reason. And yes..so many anti abortionists would rather the mother dies and the child lives sans mum than a FOETUS (not a baby) gets terminated early on. And they call themselves pro life. Delusional.
Religion. It's all down to religion. The sooner we rid ourselves of this filth the sooner we can all lead better, happier lives.
Responsibility is doing the right thing and the right thing is always to protect and to serve life when you have the power to do so.
Woman are the ones with the womb. The baby will grow inside them. Therefore, like I said, I'm pro choice. Don't open your legs if you don't want babies.
originally posted by: TarzanBeta
a reply to: InTheLight
Wrong. Never said situations can't be hard. When I say hard, I mean hard, not something petty like having a bad time with money. That's easy.
I haven't met one human being without mental issues. Most everyone I have met has been abused somehow at some point.
I hate the abuse against women, children, and men.
We fools are abusive people to each other, verbally, mentally, financially - that may excuse bad choices, but it will never Justify bad choices. Are you seeing the difference?
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: TarzanBeta
Woman are the ones with the womb. The baby will grow inside them. Therefore, like I said, I'm pro choice. Don't open your legs if you don't want babies.
Sexual intercourse in not an implicit agreement to procreate. To deny people sexual in intimacy because they don't want to procreate comes from Victorian judgmental and prudishness. Your attitude flies in the face of your phony empathy for life.
Those legal terms are designed by a scientific community and adopted into law. Legal terms do NOT define reality. Until they do, you're making things up!
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
A human baby is a human baby!
originally posted by: TarzanBeta
a reply to: UnBreakable
Adding words to me again are they?
If the baby is certainly going to die, then I'm not against that. If the baby will certainly live, then I am. But that's the mother's choice to choose to protect her baby's life over her own. If she can't do that, then she would make a horrible mother and isn't a decent human being in the first place. Honor and death or Shame and life? I personally would rather die in Honor protecting those I love and for my beliefs than to make someone else die to take responsibility and for me to have a useless life of shame. That's just me, though.