Incredibly interesting and needed analysis of a case where a man dosed his partner with a drug that would induce a miscarriage. Instead of charging the man for his assault on his partner, he was charged with murdering an unborn child. What does this say and do for pro-choice campaigning? Thoughts? "But I am disgusted with a system that (in this case) gave justice by affirming a deep disregard for the basic bodily integrity of pregnant people. Welden was charged with the murder of an "unborn child," not with harming Lee. This is a man who sent her to hospital, who put her in a position where she might have bled to death. That is an act of violence against an intimate partner. But the harm to Lee is not recognized in this case; neither the interference with her reproductive choice nor the potentially fatal nature of the attack on her body." shakesville/2013/09/undermining-our-rights-in-order-to-save.html
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 04:40:37 +0000
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