but with development delays.
Yea, we already know it’s in Texas.
Comment on U.S., Texas Attorney Who Drugged Wife's Drinks To Induce Abortion Sentenced to 180 days in jail
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 10 months agoMaybe he would have gotten life in prison if the baby he tried to kill actually died. 🤷🏻♀️ The baby survived but with birth defects.
YeetPics@mander.xyz 10 months ago
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Do you think that a doctor that attempted an abortion but the fetus survived would be treated any differently than a doctor that completed an abortion? It’s the procedure that’s criminalized, not the result.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There have been plenty of cases of attempted murder in which the criminal gets a lighter sentence because the victim is still alive. Don’t be mad at me. Blame the stupid criminal justice system.
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 10 months ago
but this isn’t attempted murder, it’s a different crime. You’re substituting your intuition about the law for what the law actually is. The law in Texas does not make abortion a type of murder, it makes performing an abortion a crime in and of itself regardless of whether the fetus dies. The text of the law is that it’s a crime to “knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman”.