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What should we do with baby-killers?

By now you all surely know about the new death-to-abortion law in South Dakota. From The New York Times:
The law makes it a felony to perform any abortion except in a case of a pregnant woman's life being in jeopardy. Though the law is not scheduled to go into effect until July, officials working at the state's only abortion clinic, in Sioux Falls, where about 800 abortions take place each year, said they spent much of the day consoling women.
Consoling women? Why? As far as I can tell, the penalty for participating in an abortion--a Class V felony, punishable by five years in jail--only applies to the doctor. But what about the expectant mother who aborts? She initiated the crime, she's a con-conspirator. Why is there no penalty under South Dakota law for her?

Let's not weaken our resolve here. The law's the law. If we're going to criminalize abortion, shouldn't we send women to jail too? Eight hundred a year in South Dakota--well, that's a start, isn't it?

Not enough cells? Build more. Prison bonds sell briskly on Wall Street; seems that jails never go out of business. And Halliburton could build them--it would give the company something to do after we get kicked out of Iraq. (We've already got more people in jail than any country in the world. Here's a chance--a rare chance--to increase our lead. Gooooo, America!)

What do you think: Does equal justice in South Dakota mean punishing women who abort along with the doctors who perform the abortion?
 
 
 
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