"Abortion Has Never Put A Woman In Jail"
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
August 24, 2011 - 12:01pm (Print)
Responding to an editorial, one man writes that he has been around "many years" and knows that no woman was ever put in jail over "subjecting herself to an abortion," and that it will "never happen."
He should tell that to Jennie McCormack. McCormack, who caused her own miscarriage after purchasing drugs off the internet, is expected to find out today whether or not the case against her will be dismissed. Otherwise, the mother of two will be facing five years in prison.
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This reminds me of a man I dealt with on Usenet, who maintained stoutly that rape statistics were exaggerated -- that rape was much less common than was reported. After all, he knew lots of women, and none of them had ever told him they'd been raped.
Like those disgusting "men's rights activists" who claim that most rape accusations are false, and that it's men who suffer, not women and girls.
Gross.
The ugly side of male privilege.
Case Dismissed Against Women Accused of “Unlawful Abortion”
Jennie McCormack, the Idaho mother of three who was accused of having an “unlawful abortion,” has had her case dismissed by a local judge due to “lack of corroborating evidence.”
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/case-dismissed-against-women-accused-of-unla...
I follow cases like this becasue I use herbs to regulate my fertility sometimes ie for birth control purposes, some of my methods could be descibed as abortificients and going to prison for drinking Parsely and Penny Royal tea is ridiculous yet if the anti-choicers had it their way I would be in prison and Parsley and Penny Royal would be illegal!
