Comment on Tennessee legislature passes bill banning marriage between first cousins
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 5 weeks agoSo, accidental pregnancy between consenting adults that took precautions occurs. Is the state requiring a choice between abortion or jail? Just for the woman, or for both? What if the couple disagree on abortion? Still jail for both, or just one?
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Hmm, interesting problem where I don’t exactly have a good answer. But I would still support some form of criminalisation. If I fed my 3 year old cocaine while knowing it was cocaine, should I not be jailed for abuse? Is this situation not similar?
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 5 weeks ago
No, because feeding a child cocaine isnillegal and reckless. Having protected sex is not.
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
But deciding to continue with the pregnancy after your protected sex fails is reckless. You know your child is going to have a 50% probability of having severe genetic defects. If you still continue with the pregnancy, it is equivalent to feeding your child cocaine.
Pateecakes@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
In Tennessee abortion is illegal, so they would have no choice but to continue the pregnancy. So, not really an equal comparison, since presumably you have a choice not to feed your child cocaine.