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http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/03/11/mother.charged.ap/index.html This one is a pickle. The more im learning towards.. well shit. im stumped. |
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its still her body. is she not in charge? we can question her morality and quality as a person, not wanting to do the best thing for her unborn shorties, but in the legal realm, its a really tough call. i lean towards her being charged as well, but.... |
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HUH?!?!?! |
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. But she's shown that she would rather her children die than have a scar, so I think there are the beginnings of a case for taking the other child from her. . And she should die sad, cold, and alone. . But no murder charge. |
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in otherwords, yeah, maybe not, but doesnt her behavior constitute some sort of wreckless endangerment? knowing partcipating in risky behavior? |
and endangerment is not murder. |
the discussion doesnt necessarily cling to being charged with murder. did she do anything criminal? her behavior was risky. she knowingly decreased the chances for her babies survival. thats a fact. another aspect of the dilemma, you might recall the recent decision from congress to allow federal prosecutors to try someone who committs murder of a pregnant woman on 2 counts rather than one. does this fall near it on the implication? the child technically wasnt born yet. yet she's being charged. |
Offence? Shit, my brain is dying. |
if it is true, perhaps her child was better off not being born. i did not study law or politics, there is a reason for this. |
her ability to care for the child that lived should be questioned and examined by the state for sure, for the child's own safety. likewise people its Utah. They don't fuck around in Utah. |
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She did go to three hospitals, after all. How well was the surgery explained? |
i have no idea what we would do with all the seized children. |
...but if she does get charged, she should plead temporary insanity |
what if she belonged to the church of christ scientist? what if she was rastafarian? what if she was so goddamn ugly that the whole 'i didn't want a scar, it would ruin my life' argument didn't hold water? |
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goddamit. absofuckinglutely. |
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she shouldn't be charged. it's her body. her decision. until those children are born, she is the ward. i had to rethink back when nico was pregnant. she had instructions for the doctors delivering, sans emergency of course. point is, its a mothers right to say 'no episiotomy, no cesarian, no inducement pills.' the reasoning and logic is irrelavent. there is a reason those doctors didnt not strap her down and do a cesarian. while it seems obviously that this women is out of her mind, that in itself is not a crime. the rights a woman has over her body as long as she is with child is more important than establishing a precedent that allows the law to hold court in a womans womb no matter how uncomfortable, and generally saddening this situation is. the philosophical implications need serious weighting. |
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