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Originally Posted by vivfox
What I gather from this new bill is the State of Utah trying to protect the rights of unborn children whose mothers are purposely harming their unborn. In this article it talks about a 17 year old girl who decided she didn't want to have her baby because her boyfriend left her. So she hired some kid to beat the **** out of her and to try to kill her baby so she would miscarriage. IMO she should be in jail for that.
Regular miscarriages that are not the fault of anyone will still not be considered illegal, just intentional ones. Sounds good to me.
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Regardless of moral position on abortion, a 17 year old girl in Utah - especially like the one that you're talking about, who lived in a very rural area and in poverty - is not likely to have access to alternatives. It may be that she didn't know what else to do - how was she going to get a "proper" abortion?
Whether it's coathangers or fists, when we don't allow women to have easy access to sexual health education, prenatal and reproductive care, this is the result.