So while the woman obtaining an abortion has committed a grave sin, her act doesn't rise to the level of criminality.
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So the woman, having sinned gravely, is still "punished" for her act in a metaphysical sense even if she avoids formal legal recourse.
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In that sense, what Trump said is perfectly in accord with pro-life dogma. He just articulates it with the grace of a barstool.
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@mtracey find me any country in the world where abortion is illegal and women aren't punished. it's at the core of the philosophy -
@mtracey people like to talk about this like it's theoretical when women are serving prison sentences in America for self inducing abortion - 6 more replies
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@mtracey The woman is being punished by having her reproductive free will taken from her. -
@SphallSteve1245 But that's not seen as a formal criminal punishment.
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@mtracey They want to put my doctor in prison when he tells me I have to get an abortion bc my meds make me have deformed babies? -
@mtracey Surely they can never enact this, right? I like my doctor. - 1 more reply
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