Ending pregnancy is legal...only if you are a girl

	posted by Matt on 08:56 AM June 8th, 2005
	thrudd writes "I am pro-life, but the double standard here is disgusting. "A 19-year-old East Texas man faces a life prison sentence for causing his teenage girlfriend to miscarry twins, even though she wanted to end the pregnancy....Erica Basoria acknowledged asking Flores to help end her pregnancy. But the 17-year-old can't be prosecuted because of her legal right to abortion." I am against abortion, but I find it hard to see the REAL difference in terms of the law between the boyfriend and Planned Parenthood. At worst, he should have been charged with assault."

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Creepy Double Standard (Score:2) by Luek on 10:38 AM June 8th, 2005 EST (#1) Shouldn' this YOUNG MAN have been charged with practicing medicine without a license rather than murder since abortion is of course legal in Western culture? An abortion doctor would have gladly, for a fee, terminated the pregnancy and not be charged with anything. This is a perfect example of the madness that has seeped into our society because of the national obsession with feminism and the sacred doctrine of a female's right to choose to be a parent after conception but of course no males need apply.

Re:Creepy Double Standard (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 02:50 PM June 8th, 2005 EST (#2) Double standard? No! What kind of medical training does this teenager have compared with the doctors at Planned Parenthood? Charge him with: endangering the life of a minor (his girlfriend) and assault, not to mention a few other laws which were probably broken. I the eyes of the law there is a huge difference, in the eyes of the pro-life movement and religious groups, no difference at all.

Re:Creepy Double Standard (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 09:28 PM June 8th, 2005 EST (#4) "...in the eyes of the pro-life movement and religious groups, no difference at all(Planned Parenthood vs. Aborting boyfriend)." Actually, in the opinion of "the pro-life movement and religious groups" both people in this story committed murder (you know like Scott Peterson), and the law and abortion clinics are accessories to murder. Likewise (in their opinions), people who provide services to kill babies are murderers. Latin 101 - "Fetus" Means "Offspring," Not "Tissue" Do you support killing babies?

Unmitigated Gall (Score:2) by Dittohd on 02:52 PM June 8th, 2005 EST (#3) It's amazing to me that this guy can be prosecuted for a supposedly illegal act while the woman gets off scot-free, being that she requested the act in the first place. Seems to me that if what he did is illegal, she was at the very least, an accomplice. Furthermore, if she requested it, she is even more culpable since she planned the illegal act to begin with. Furthermore, if she is not culpable because of her constitutional right to an abortion, I ask what is an abortion? Is what this guy did an abortion? If abortions are legal and he performed a legal act, how can he rightfully be prosecuted for murder? And if what he did is not an abortion, then it seems to me that her right to an abortion doesn't protect her in this situation. Doesn't an abortion, by definition, involve a doctor? Does the law entitling her to an abortion allow her to kill her baby in any way she chooses or is she required to seek out a competent medical doctor? If she's not required to seek out a competent medical doctor, then why is this guy prosecuted? And if she is, then shouldn't she also be prosecuted! Mind-boggling Have you noticed lately that the government can twist just about any law to mean just about anything they want, to fit just about any situation? Was anyone here bothered when they heard that Russell Crowe was charged with "unlawful possession of a dangerous weapon" after he threw a telephone at a hotel worker? What does "unlawful possession" mean? What does "dangerous weapon" mean? Dittohd

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