Defenders Mobilize to Assist Teen Who Aborted

[nosmokes]

so the authorities wanna charge this poor girl with murder for inducing a miscarriage. it seems to me that we really have some fucked up priorities. like wouldn't reaching out to this young woman instead of hounding her with a criminal charge be a whole lot more effective, no matter what your feelings are about what she did? i doubt if she's partying in the clubs about the incident herself.
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b]Defenders Mobilize to Assist Teen Who Aborted

By Juliette Terzieff, Women's eNews. Posted February 19, 2007.

Legal advocates are closely watching the case of a Dominican teen in Massachusetts who faces possible homicide charges for performing a do-it-yourself abortion.


Legal advocates are closely watching the case of a Dominican teen in Massachusetts who faces possible homicide charges for performing a do-it-yourself abortion. Latina representatives say the case dramatizes health care disparities.

Legal and reproductive rights advocates are rushing to the defense of an 18-year-old Dominican immigrant living in Lawrence, Mass., who faces possible murder charges for undertaking a do-it-yourself abortion.

Local lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union are monitoring the case and have spoken with the family about available services and support.

Susan Yanow, longtime Massachusetts reproductive rights activist and founder of the Cambridge-based Abortion Access Project, has helped the young woman, Amber Abreu, identify medical and legal experts to support her public defender.

"This is a travesty on every level," says Yanow. "When we don't provide access, people are left to make decisions as best they can, which may not be congruent with best health practices."
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complete article here

[ComerPerro]

1. I think pro-life people should push to investigate every single miscarriage,

the bare minimum charge for any miscarriage at all should be involuntary manslaughter.

Am I correct? That is, after all, the legal term for a wrongful death caused by someone without premeditation, right?

So maybe these pro-lifers should really stick to their guns, and not just focus on banning abortion, but locking up every single woman who has a miscarriage.