The Grey Area Between Abortion and Murder
The grey area between abortion and murder was illustrated in a Lorain County court in the state of Ohio. Six years after the murder to their newborn child in 1999, Jessica Coleman and Thomas Truelson received six and two year jail sentences respectively for killing their child at birth. At the time of birth, Jessica was age 15 and Thomas age 18.
The irony in this case, to me, is that the two could have easily escaped any legal consequence for their action. Had the idea gelled a mere few days earlier, the young woman could have aborted the child. Instead, the couple chose the home option—that being a ‘do it yourself partial birth abortion’—which required waiting for natural labor to induce a partial birth in order to terminate the pregnancy.
However, in the eyes of the law, the couple is guilty of murder. Had a licensed physician performed the procedure, the only negative consequences endured today would be emotional rather than legal.
But Coleman and Truelson murdered their infant. Why is abortion held in a different regard?
The grey area between abortion and murder was illustrated in a Lorain County court in the state of Ohio. Six years after the murder to their newborn child in 1999, Jessica Coleman and Thomas Truelson received six and two year jail sentences respectively for killing their child at birth. At the time of birth, Jessica was age 15 and Thomas age 18.
The irony in this case, to me, is that the two could have easily escaped any legal consequence for their action. Had the idea gelled a mere few days earlier, the young woman could have aborted the child. Instead, the couple chose the home option—that being a ‘do it yourself partial birth abortion’—which required waiting for natural labor to induce a partial birth in order to terminate the pregnancy.
However, in the eyes of the law, the couple is guilty of murder. Had a licensed physician performed the procedure, the only negative consequences endured today would be emotional rather than legal.
But Coleman and Truelson murdered their infant. Why is abortion held in a different regard?
posted by Hickmania at
12:45 AM
4 Comments:
i agree.
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clavin, at 7:01 PM
Ummm... I could be wrong, so don't jump on me for this, but aren't partial birth abortions outlawed in Ohio? They have for as long as I can remember in that filthy liberal wasteland of RI.
By
X, at 11:44 PM
PS: My obvious sarcasm in no way endorses abortions of any sort. I remain with my state position of 'on the fence' for the time being.
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X, at 11:44 PM
I'm not clear on the Ohio law, but I do not believe the ban exists. I believe this is the case becuase President Bush signed a Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act in 2003, and it has since been struck down by a number of courts, including the 8th District Court of Appeals.
South Dakota's House of Reps. passed a ban on abortion in all cases where the pregnancy does not jeopardize the life of the mother. We shall see how far that goes. South Dakota, it is worth noting, does not have any abortion doctors anyway, and doctors from Minnesota are brought in on a regular basis to staff the one abortion clinic in the state.
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Hickmania, at 1:07 PM
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