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And, of course, the way that Georgia law is set up, finding and getting access to a facility that does abortions that late is nigh on impossible.
As far as I’m concerned, if the people who are accessories to this abortion can be charged with a crime- then start by prosecuting the Governor who signed this law and the legislators who crafted it.
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Of course it was a black woman charged under this ridiculous law. What’s next, is she going to dare to go swimming?
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In Georgia you can get a gun and take it almost anywhere with you, the airport but not past the security checkpoint or into church unless a sign is posted saying guns aren’t allowed, but access to a procedure used exclusively for women is almost out of reach. Georgians are deeply conflicted in their pro life stance
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That’s unfortunately very true. I’ve also noticed a lot of these “pro-life” people are also very “pro-death penalty”, and as you said, “pro-gun”. They’re also anti-healthcare and anti-social support. Basically, they lie about why they oppose abortion- it’s all about keeping women pregnant and has nothing to do with the fetuses or children.
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Yeah, they went after the black woman who took a legal pill, but not the Big Pharma corporation that made the pill. Seems they would be the “…third parties could be criminally prosecuted for their actions relating to an illegal abortion, as the law currently stands in Georgia,”
But corporations have deep pockets for legal representation and black women in America usually don’t have those resources. Pluse, GA & blah…
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People who label themselves ‘pro-life’ are generally just Pro-Forced-Birth and we should make that point often.
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“Pro life” is straight out of Orwell since we know their love of life ends in the delivery room. After that the child is on her own.
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Perhaps 23-year-old Kenlissia Jones could hold a siminar of that law for the prosecutors?
TongueInCheekly yours.
“Although third parties could be criminally prosecuted for their actions relating to an illegal abortion, as the law currently stands in Georgia, criminal prosecution of a pregnant woman for her own actions against her unborn child does not seem permitted,” Edwards told the Washington Post. “Applicable criminal law and statutes provide explicit immunity from prosecution for a pregnant woman for any unlawful termination of her pregnancy.”
Yes, and that was blindingly obvious from the start (“explicit immunity”). The prosecutor who charged her was abusing the powers of his office.
Oh, and fuck the hospital social worker. Do your job, not the job of the religious nuts who think they have the right to control of the bodies of women.
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She needs to sue for false arrest and bring charges to the hospital social worker for violating HIPPA
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I smell an emergency special session of the Georgia state legislature coming…
Although third parties could be criminally prosecuted for their actions relating to an illegal abortion, as the law currently stands in Georgia, criminal prosecution of a pregnant woman for her own actions against her unborn child does not seem permitted
So, is a change to this on the next GA legislative docket yet? Need to fix that loophole guys, chop, chop.
You just know they would arrest every woman who has an abortion if they could. Christ, this woman put her life at risk by taking these pills - that just demonstrates how desperate women are when legal abortion is so restricted. In a sane state she probably would have gone to a clinic where she would have spoken to a counselor and been able to discuss her situation.
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How did the Republicans miss this loophole in their law? They actually left a way for the woman to escape prosecution? Shame on them for being so inept. I’m sure Jesus will punish them.
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I much prefer “anti-choice” because most everyone likes having choices in life and the anti-choicers want to deny women the ability to choose. Either way, we shouldn’t be using terms like “pro-life” to describe people who are typically very pro-war, pro death penalty, and rabidly against the social safety net that saves and protects countless lives.
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So instead of prosecution, the Georgia authorities subjected the criminal to a series of internal vagina probes till she agreed to carry till birth and then not apply for welfare.
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Pro incest and rape, not to mention pro torture with regards to those internal vagina probes, is another way of describing their stance.
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There’s no conflict. How can you fight more wars with the guns our Constitution guarantees we can own if women won’t fulfill their biological imperative to be baby machines?
Obviously they prefer the Second Amendment to the Fourth, which ensures a right to privacy.