@rickhasen @jadler1969 because it doesn’t play well politically. And boy are people mad that trump threw this out there.
Does the woman not have free will to make the choice? And if she does, why would she then not be culpable?https://twitter.com/jadler1969/status/715354981092556800 …
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@rickhasen the failure to treat patients as autonomous individuals able to make own choices is pervasive in regulation of medicine 1/2 -
@rickhasen that said, position of pro-life movement may be influenced by political considering too 2/2 -
@jadler1969@rickhasen But the logic here isn't that of medicine but, presumably, of criminal law. In which case, there's little logic in -
@jadler1969@rickhasen depicting the woman--who is, obviously, the central affirmative agent in her abortion--as a "victim." -
@jadler1969@rickhasen And you meant "anti-abortion" movement, right, as human "life" is precisely the contested claim. -
@yeselson@rickhasen I refer to each group by the label they have chosen: pro-choice and pro-life. -
@jadler1969@rickhasen Ok, that's fair enough.
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@rickhasen under crim law, would have to see the woman as being akin to a child (maybe) or as an insane person to avoid all culpability,Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rickhasen@jadler1969 it's a paternalistic view of women as not capable of or responsible for their own bodies. Less capable less culpableThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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