Comment by nlitened
6 days ago
Every single of the six links you provided are about miscarriages and not abortions. Either I don’t understand something medical (not a doctor), or you’re mixing things to derail a conversation (dishonestly or unintentionally). Whether those miscarriages were natural or a result of human malice, is an absolutely separate discussion.
How does all that prove an original point that an abortion can get a woman to prison?
This comment in this thread explains it fairly clearly. Do not make the mistake of thinking this is just a semantic difference.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44247822
I agree that overreach of prosecution is possible (as with many other laws), but I disagree that a fix for bad laws or bad legal process is “make it easier for people to break laws and not get caught, and to cooperate discreetly on breaking laws”
if an unintentional miscarriage can get you punished, then an abortion most certainly can too, since an abortion is an intentional miscarriage.
"If Poolaw had had an abortion instead of a miscarriage, she would not have been charged at all, as abortion is legal in Oklahoma."
That was definitely not what I expected.
that is completely bizarre!