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If abortions are "baby-killing", then should doctors who perform them get the death penalty?

doodlebug 2009/06/01 18:05:26
Abortion doctors should get the death penalty or serve life in prison.
Abortion doctors should receive a lesser punishment.
Abortion should be legal and the doctors should be allowed to perform them.
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Scott Roeder is suspected of killing abortion doctor George Tiller, ironically while Tiller was attending church. I'm sure this is a pro-life extremist's version of vigilante justice. If abortion ever becomes illegal, should doctors who violate that law get the death penalty / life in prison? The reasoning would be that that is what a premeditated murder usually gets you.
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  • Torchy 2009/06/01 18:22:49 (edited)
    Abortion should be legal and the doctors should be allowed to perform them.
    Torchy
    +5
    I don't know if I like any of the answers, so this is the best. See, if you can legally call abortion "baby-killing" then yes, they should be punished absolutely. And legally, it is not.

    And, I don't see it as "baby-killing" because that child is still reliant on it's mother ENTIRELY. It cannot sustain life on it's own and is not biologically independent. If we were to offer the fetus full legal protection, what would be our rules? How would we enforce and impose them on the pregnant woman? You can't, not without infringing on the life and rights of the woman and her body. That's why decisions regarding abortion are legally the decision of the mother with her body. It is not anyone else's place to tell a woman what to do.

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  • Brandi 2010/01/14 19:30:40
    Abortion doctors should get the death penalty or serve life in prison.
    Brandi
    +2
    Uhm , i think that anybody who thinks about getting an abortion is out of there mind , i mean you do what you wanna do - but atleast thinkk about it deeply before you do it , because it can leave you in so much pain : and doctors ought to be ashamed of themselves giving abortions left and right like that , i would never take an innocent life .
  • Dan 2009/08/21 20:47:10
    Abortion doctors should get the death penalty or serve life in prison.
    Dan
    A baby (born or unborn, it's still an innocent child of God with inherent rights) has committed NO sin, NO crime, NO offense, NO self-serving act which deprived the rights and possessions from others/victims (like criminals do and Democrat politicians do with Obama-care, universal health care, and over-taxing real Americans).
    The evil, Godless murderers, rapists, and child-molesters are NOT innocent. Contrary to the ignorant beliefs of most Democrats, they (felons on death row) can NOT blame anyone but themselves for their choices to commit felonies (many of which are deserving of the death-penalty). Most criminals are, in ALL honesty, Democrats.
    Only the Godless atheists and liberal-Democrats would be confused about these two opposite types of people. They embrace their secular religion (relativism) with a cult-like fervor, comparable to demonic possession from the devil himself!
    There is, however, an exception to this, found in a very small percentage of felons in prisons (I know, I have participated in a church ministry and seen it myself). There are some felons who repent from their evil acts, they acknowledge that they were WRONG for doing the evil that they did, and they turn to Jesus Christ (not the throat-slitting Allah of Islam) for peace and forgiveness. These gen...
    A baby (born or unborn, it's still an innocent child of God with inherent rights) has committed NO sin, NO crime, NO offense, NO self-serving act which deprived the rights and possessions from others/victims (like criminals do and Democrat politicians do with Obama-care, universal health care, and over-taxing real Americans).
    The evil, Godless murderers, rapists, and child-molesters are NOT innocent. Contrary to the ignorant beliefs of most Democrats, they (felons on death row) can NOT blame anyone but themselves for their choices to commit felonies (many of which are deserving of the death-penalty). Most criminals are, in ALL honesty, Democrats.
    Only the Godless atheists and liberal-Democrats would be confused about these two opposite types of people. They embrace their secular religion (relativism) with a cult-like fervor, comparable to demonic possession from the devil himself!
    There is, however, an exception to this, found in a very small percentage of felons in prisons (I know, I have participated in a church ministry and seen it myself). There are some felons who repent from their evil acts, they acknowledge that they were WRONG for doing the evil that they did, and they turn to Jesus Christ (not the throat-slitting Allah of Islam) for peace and forgiveness. These genuine Christians have become someone new (which can ONLY be done by making Jesus Christ the Lord of your Godless life). These people (the few, true Christians in prisons) should be given consideration for reprieve (based on an observed assessment of their character over a period of time) NOT because of religion or religious preference, but they will have TRULY changed IF they became Christians.
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  • misstaylordee 2009/08/19 21:36:00
    Abortion doctors should receive a lesser punishment.
    misstaylordee
    +2
    I'm against abortion all the way, but i think the doctors are just doing their jobs. Plus, it's not like they force the women to have abortions.
  • LUCY MU... misstay... 2011/08/25 10:27:46
  • KittyBug! 2009/06/11 16:18:56
    Abortion should be legal and the doctors should be allowed to perform them.
    KittyBug!
    +1
    well if it was illegal then sure. But since it is still legal the doctors are just doing their job.
  • spoonky 2009/06/06 17:05:48
    Abortion doctors should get the death penalty or serve life in prison.
    spoonky
    It is a sin to kill! and more when a woman that is pregnant and want to destroy the little person inside her, because she is thinking on her own good, but the baby have life since he or she is on the womb of the mother, the doctors are siners too, for allow that "baby-killing", but I'm not gonna judge nothing, that's my opinion, a leave all this things to God...if they want to condemn themselves, that's their decision...
  • angel_phoenix 2009/06/04 21:52:37
    Abortion doctors should receive a lesser punishment.
    angel_phoenix
    +1
    Yeah, I agreed that what they're doing is wrong, but death-penalty is kind of harsh. It really is the woman's decisionm, and anyway she could've just put the fetus up for adoption.
  • LUCY MU... angel_p... 2011/08/25 10:36:39
    LUCY MURILLO
    +2
    WOOOOOOOOOW THE MOTHERS DECISION NOT KOOL. SINSE WHEN I HAVE THE RITE TO CHOOSE OVER MY BABYS LIFE . KILLING IS NOT THE SOLVE UR PROBLEM . WOULD U LIKE UR MOTHER TO ABORT U ASK UR SELF DAT QUESTION .
    WOULD U LIKE DAT JST BEKUS SHE DNT LOVE U OR WANT U TO LIVE DAS REALLY SAD I WOULD I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE LIFE UPS N DOWNS BUT LIFE IS DA BEST THING JEHOVA KOULD OFF GIVEN TO ME . N I ALSO TANK MY MAMI FOR LETTN ME LIVE .
  • vale 2009/06/04 04:53:23
    Abortion doctors should get the death penalty or serve life in prison.
    vale
    +1
    well i dont know... im against it but its their life and.. ugh idk!! its complicated!
  • justine 2009/06/04 04:04:37 (edited)
    Abortion doctors should get the death penalty or serve life in prison.
    justine
    i think its wrong that they kill babys!if it should be legal to have an Abortion then do u really think it would be wrong to make muder legal to?...think about it wrong kill babysif legal abortion wrong muder legal wrong kill babysif legal abortion wrong muder legal
  • Brandi justine 2010/01/14 19:31:51
    Brandi
    +1
    Yeah girl , im with you on that one 100%
  • justine Brandi 2010/10/03 20:50:43
    justine
    why thank you that means alot to me =]
  • Mina 2009/06/03 14:22:41
    Abortion should be legal and the doctors should be allowed to perform them.
    Mina
    im no fan of abortions but c'mon this is america an those doctors have a right to not go to jail just cuz somebody doesnt want to have a baby theyre only doin their job
  • Lilian 2009/06/03 05:03:05
    Abortion should be legal and the doctors should be allowed to perform them.
    Lilian
    I don't support abortion because I'd rather people take responsibility for their actions.But I believe it's the parent's choice to keep the baby or not.I wish they wouldn't kill the child,but they have their rights.
  • goo 2009/06/03 04:20:31
    Abortion doctors should get the death penalty or serve life in prison.
    goo
    +4
    i love how all the people in the comments dont believe in the death penalty when the people who get it usually deserve it but they think its okay to kill a helpless little baby. it makes no sence at all. a murder is a murder no matter how old or young a person is. a baby has a heartbeat at 18 days. i consider that a human.
  • justine goo 2009/06/04 04:09:03
    justine
    same:Dand really they get their heartbeat at 18 days? wow
  • goo justine 2009/07/08 20:39:11
    goo
    yea and we have no problen killing that!!! how pathetic is that!
  • justine goo 2009/07/22 22:20:43
    justine
    very pathetic pathetic
  • olivia 2009/06/03 03:28:00
    Abortion doctors should receive a lesser punishment.
    olivia
    +3
    I think the abortion should be illegal.
  • Ken "Don't tread on me!" 2009/06/03 02:22:26
    Abortion doctors should receive a lesser punishment.
    Ken "Don't tread on me!"
    +1
    How about a "none of the above." No, they shouldn't "receive a lesser punishment." Murder is defined as the "unlawful" taking of a human life. When a doctor performs an abortion, he does take a human life, but if the abortion is lawful, it is not murder. So, no, doctors should be neither executed nor imprisoned for performing a legal abortion.
  • A.D. 2009/06/03 02:04:08
    Abortion doctors should receive a lesser punishment.
    A.D.
    They couldn't give them the death penalty because abortion would have been legal when they were performed.
  • Suzie1001 2009/06/02 22:37:37
    Abortion doctors should receive a lesser punishment.
    Suzie1001
    +3
    God will judge them. No court in America can do what God can do for killing one of his children. receive lesser punishment god judge court america god killing children
  • justine Suzie1001 2009/06/04 04:10:58
    justine
    +1
    very well said im with u on that god gives a gift and people are so blind to just throw it all away.
  • Alissa 2009/06/02 21:27:01
    Abortion should be legal and the doctors should be allowed to perform them.
    Alissa
    +2
    The doctors are just doing what people to do.
  • Brittny 2009/06/02 19:42:14
    Abortion doctors should receive a lesser punishment.
    Brittny
    +1
    No because it would be killing sanctioned by the government and not a war crime. The doctor should not take all the punishment for something that results from the choices of thousands of people and even voters.
  • White Wolf 2009/06/02 19:26:34
    Abortion doctors should get the death penalty or serve life in prison.
    White Wolf
    +2
    The fact is that the child seems to have no rights. Why is it that if a parent.. Mother or Father, wants the child, then it is indeed a child and not just a fetus? Why is it that if a drunk driver (not that I am for driving under the influence) crosses the center line and hits a vehicle carrying a lady that is pregnant with her "fetus", and kills them both, he is charged with double murder. One for the life of the Mother, and one for the life of the Child? How can that be, if the "fetus" is NOT a child until it is born? The fact is that the baby IS a living person, and is in fact a Baby, whether the Mother wants the child or not. I do agree that it is a terrible situation when a Mother does not want her own Child, but does that give her the right to kill it? And killing a child it is, for if it were not alive, then you would not have to abort it. So it is a living soul. God says that "I knew you when you were yet in your mother's womb." How could He know someone, if they weren't a person, a human baby, a child, a living soul?
    It is not the child's fault that a bad decision is made by a man and a woman to put themselves in the situation where the lady could get pregnant. But yet it is the child that is sentenced to death without having the chance to scream out for it's life. Abortions should be illegal, and if a Doctor proceeds to perform them after they are deemed illegal, then yes, he should suffer the consequences.
  • justine White Wolf 2009/06/04 04:13:41
    justine
    same im with u on that
  • snowdrop2189 2009/06/02 17:16:49
    Abortion should be legal and the doctors should be allowed to perform them.
    snowdrop2189
    +1
    i think that if the mother wonts to go out and get pregnant then she has the right to give her kid up or get an abortion.
    but i also think it is wrong to get an abortion because your kiling the kid and it never had a chance to become somebody and i just think its up to the parents and there decission.
  • muffincake 2009/06/02 17:06:43
    Abortion doctors should receive a lesser punishment.
    muffincake
    +1
    nobody in the world should get the death penalty.
  • Maplewing muffincake 2009/06/02 21:35:30
    Maplewing
    +1
    If you think about it though, the death penalty is much better than life in prison. I'd prefer it over rotting away in jail for the rest of my life, compared to getting it over with quickly.

    Just my opinion.
  • Acy 2009/06/02 16:27:41
    Abortion doctors should receive a lesser punishment.
    Acy
    +2
    i think that a baby has a life before he/she is out of there mother and i think it is murder but i dont think that people who do it because they either have no choice or dont believe it's murdering should have the life sentence. i do hope that people will someday stop killing innoscent babys that haven't had the chance to live.
  • jellyfish 2009/06/02 15:58:41
    Abortion should be legal and the doctors should be allowed to perform them.
    jellyfish
    +1
    Abortion doctors wouldn't have a job if we didn't have so many careless people in this world!
  • God-Cilla (Saviour to the M... 2009/06/02 10:51:21
    Abortion should be legal and the doctors should be allowed to perform them.
    God-Cilla (Saviour to the Masses)
    +3
    I don't believe in the death penalty. I'm completely against it.
  • howlowc... God-Cil... 2009/06/03 14:50:18
    howlowcanugo
    Why are you against it?
  • God-Cil... howlowc... 2009/06/03 23:27:42
    God-Cilla (Saviour to the Masses)
    +2
    Because it's murder.
  • howlowc... God-Cil... 2009/06/03 23:52:37
    howlowcanugo
    So, you'll let a doctor kill something that has a heartbeat and a nervous system, and a few other bodily functions, but you won't kill the doctor who did it? Let's say that there's a guy who has raped, tortured and killed over twenty teenagers. I think the least that he could do was give his life for those twenty teenagers that he brutally murdered, don't you?
  • God-Cil... howlowc... 2009/06/03 23:56:47
    God-Cilla (Saviour to the Masses)
    +2
    That would be his choice if he gave his life. The doctor did not choose that. And I'm against abortion, but I am pro-choice. Making it illegal will do nothing but harm.
  • howlowc... God-Cil... 2009/06/03 23:59:03
    howlowcanugo
    Okay, I don't understand what you just said. How are you against abortion, but pro-choice?
  • God-Cil... howlowc... 2009/06/04 00:01:25
    God-Cilla (Saviour to the Masses)
    +2
    I think it is wrong, but I don't think that it should be illegal.
  • howlowc... God-Cil... 2009/06/04 00:05:50
    howlowcanugo
    Okay. I don't mean to sound like a bitch or anything, I just think that it's wrong, plain and simple, but you are definately entitled to your own oppinion.

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