RE: Attack at Planned Parenthood Clinic
November 29, 2015 at 9:13 am
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2015 at 9:18 am by robvalue.)
They are legal in Great Britain, except for parts of Ireland, as far as I know. Almost certainly religious reasons in Ireland.
I've only been speaking hypothetically should it become illegal.
I agree Evie, punishing for the sake of punishing is pointless. For me anyway, the primary reason to put someone in jail is to protect society from them. Secondarily it gives them a "time out" and the chance to think about what happened. It's far from a perfect system, but we just can't have dangerous people walking around.
Is this really fitting for someone who has had an abortion? If I was forced to choose a deterrent, I would make it something like three strikes and you get sterilised, not counting rape. I don't feel at all comfortable with that, but I'd still prefer it to jailing people.
I would have thought having to go through the abortion is deterrent enough to stop people endlessly doing it.
Really, if we're going to say handing over babies into adoption is "desirable", then why isn't everyone out having as many children as possible regardless of their means, in order to provide more and more "life"?
I've only been speaking hypothetically should it become illegal.
I agree Evie, punishing for the sake of punishing is pointless. For me anyway, the primary reason to put someone in jail is to protect society from them. Secondarily it gives them a "time out" and the chance to think about what happened. It's far from a perfect system, but we just can't have dangerous people walking around.
Is this really fitting for someone who has had an abortion? If I was forced to choose a deterrent, I would make it something like three strikes and you get sterilised, not counting rape. I don't feel at all comfortable with that, but I'd still prefer it to jailing people.
I would have thought having to go through the abortion is deterrent enough to stop people endlessly doing it.
Really, if we're going to say handing over babies into adoption is "desirable", then why isn't everyone out having as many children as possible regardless of their means, in order to provide more and more "life"?
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