1) Should women who abort get life sentences in prison and/or the death penalty?
No. An abortion should be treated just like any other medical procedure.
2) If a woman's husband [partner] knows she is aborting, should he be charged as an accessory to murder?
No, because it isn’t murder.
3) How about her friends who know she is aborting?
No; see #2.
4) Should [doctors who perform abortions] receive life sentences in prison and/or the death penalty?
No.
5) If a woman smokes [or drinks alcohol or abuses drugs] during her pregnancy and the fetus dies as a result, should she be charged with murder?
No. She can, however, be called really stupid.
6) If her husband [partner] knew she was a smoker [or drinker, or drug-user] and [her actions could] kill the fetus, is he criminally negligent?
No. But he also can be called really stupid.
7) If a woman eats unhealthily during pregnancy and the fetus dies, should she be charged with negligent homicide?
No. God help us if the government starts telling us what we can eat; we’ll all be eating ketchup as our vegetable servings every day!
8) If the husband [partner] knew she wasn't eating healthily, should he, too, be charged with negligent homicide?
No. Just buy her the damn pickles and ice cream.
9) If a woman has a serious medical condition that would almost always lead to the death of a fetus, but gets pregnant anyway, should she be criminally liable if the fetus dies?
No.
10) If her husband [partner] knew of this condition, should he, too, be criminally liable?
No.
11) If a company manufactures a product which [starts] a fire in a fertility clinic, destroying 1500 frozen embryos, should they be liable for mass murder?
No, just the usual property damage.
12) If an electric company has a power failure which cuts power to a fertility clinic, thawing embryos and rendering them unusable, should they be liable for mass murder?
No, just property damage.
13) If a pregnant woman reports to her doctor that she is smoking [or drinking alcohol or abusing drugs] during her pregnancy, should her doctor be mandated to report it to the appropriate agency for dealing with child abuse?
No. S/he should be able to call her really stupid and threaten to stop being her doctor if she doesn’t straighten up.
14) If a woman has cancer and her chemotherapy kills a fetus, should she be given a life sentence and/or sentenced to die?
No.
15) If her doctor was aware of her pregnancy [when he prescribed and/or performed the chemotherapy], should he be charged as an accessory to murder?
No. Hippcrates and all that. I’m assuming we’re discussing her oncologist, and since the oncologist is treating the mother, NOT the fetus…s/he is doing her/his job.
16) Should children who are [born] disabled be allowed to sue a parent for any negligent conduct during pregnancy that may have caused their disability -- for instance, smoking or consuming alcoholic beverages?
Of course not. Not unless you can show a linear connection between cause and effect in this respect in every case. Which you can’t, at least not yet. And how, pray tell, would tossing the mother of a crack baby in jail help the crack baby?
17) Should a person with 15 frozen embryos in storage be required to carry [to term] each embryo as soon as possible [to prevent chromosomal damage to the embryos that occurs over time]?
No.
18) If I had 15 embryos in storage, should I be able to claim them as dependents on my tax paperwork?
Hey…not a bad idea! But, no.
19) If a government agency determined that a woman was being neglectful to her fetus during her pregnancy, should she be forced by the Department of Children and Families to care for the child and/or have it forcefully removed [when medically feasible]?
No.
20) Should one in three American women be imprisoned or sentenced to death?
No. In fact, I submit that every time a woman has her period, she has stopped a child from being born, so we’d really have to imprison all women after their first period.
However once I change the questions a bit, things are slightly changed:
1) Should women who commit manslaughter get life sentences in prison and/or the death penalty?
Yes, prison time. No death penalty.
2) If a woman's husband [partner] knows she is committing manslaughter, should he be charged as an accessory?
Yes, if he doesn’t try to stop her.
3) How about her friends who know she is committing manslaughter?
Yes; see #2.
4) Should [doctors whose patients die] receive life sentences in prison and/or the death penalty?
No, unless the patients have died through medical malfeasance.
5) If a woman provides cigarettes to someone [or alcohol or drugs] and this causes the other person to die, should she be charged with homicide?
No, unless you can prove intent to kill, and following the current laws on this topic.
6) If her husband [partner] knew she was providing cigarettes to someone [or alcohol, or drugs] which caused another person to die, is he criminally negligent?
Only to the extent that dealing drugs or providing cigarettes and/or alcohol to a minor is prosecutable. There are probably some civil litigation issues here, however.
7) [I can figure out how to reword this question. Suggestions?? If a woman eats unhealthily during pregnancy and the fetus dies, should she be charged with negligent homicide?
8) [Ditto above] If the husband [partner] knew she wasn't eating healthily, should he, too, be charged with negligent homicide?
]9) [Ditto] If a woman has a serious medical condition that would almost always lead to the death of a fetus, but gets pregnant anyway, should she be criminally liable if the fetus dies?
10) [Ditto] If her husband [partner] knew of this condition, should he, too, be criminally liable?
11) [Ditto] If a company manufactures a product which [starts] a fire in a fertility clinic, destroying 1500 frozen embryos, should they be liable for mass murder?
12) [Ditto] If an electric company has a power failure which cuts power to a fertility clinic, thawing embryos and rendering them unusable, should they be liable for mass murder?
13) If a woman reports to her doctor that she is providing cigarettes [or alcohol or drugs] to others, should her doctor be mandated to report it to the appropriate agency for dealing with substance abuse?
Of course not.
14) [Help with rephrasing…] If a woman has cancer and her chemotherapy kills a fetus, should she be given a life sentence and/or sentenced to die?
15) [Ditto] If her doctor was aware of her pregnancy [when he prescribed and/or performed the chemotherapy], should he be charged as an accessory to murder?
16) Should people who are disabled be allowed to sue other people for any negligent conduct that may have caused [or worsen] their disability -- for instance, smoking or consuming alcoholic beverages?
No. Let’s not give lawyers any ideas, ok?
17) Should a woman with any unfertilized eggs be required to get them fertilized and reproduce as soon as possible?
Let’s see: that would be the “barefoot and pregnant” law, right?
No. Of course not.
18) Should a woman with unfertilized eggs be able to claim them as dependents on her tax paperwork? Should a man with 300,000 sperm be able to claim them?
So much for taxes… I want to see accountants work this out! Young children and old women would bear the brunt of the tax burden. Don’t think this will fly.
19) If a government agency determined that a woman was being neglectful to her child, should she be forced by the Department of Children and Families to care for the child and/or have it forcefully removed from her care?
Of course. And so should the child’s father be forced to care for it or have it removed from his care, following the stipulations of the laws surrounding this issue.
20) Should one in three American women be imprisoned or sentenced to death?
We’re actually moving toward this for men, in general terms, so why not?
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