IDAHO LAW WOULD PUNISH (BY UP TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON) ANY ILLICIT DRUG USE BY PREGNANT WOMEN
Lewiston (ID) Morning Trib, Mar 1): the inevitable consequence of such a bill, which passed Idaho State Senate by vote of 18:16, would result in pregnant women shunning not only addiction treatment services, but prenatal care.
It doesn't take much imagination to recognize the real agenda behind such a bill - setting the precedent that a woman who - ostensibly! - harms her unborn fetus is guilty of a serious crime demanding serious punishment. And when that has become an established part of our legal system, it is inevitable that those women who cause the "ultimate harm" - aborting their fetus - will be prosecuted for the "ultimate crime" - murder - and subjected to the ultimate sanction.
Never has the link between women's rights, the right to choice, and our probihitionist drug policies been clearer, and the need to join forces in fighting the trend more overwhelmingly compelling.
posted by RGNewman, MD @ 9:55 AM
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1 Comments:
Hi Doc,
The problem with your argument is that the un-borns' rights are given no consideration.
Abortion is the taking of a life, the most innocent of life!
If you choose to use drugs that is OK with me, I even would legalize them! But when you are "with child" you are forcing the child into addiction with you, nobody has that right.
As far as women's rights, they have special rights now! They always get custody of the kids, if they get in a corner they blame the husband of abuse or even worse child abuse, and they have the right to kill their babies at will simply because the child would crimp their life style.
Scott Peterson is on death row because Lacy was pregnant!
You MUST give the child some consideration. It has rights also!
Kevin
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