Atrios has a great exchange between Chris Matthews of Hardball and Pat Toomey, who is running for senate in my fair Commonwealth.
Matthews pushes Pat Toomey to describe what he thinks would be an appropriate punishment for a woman who would have an abortion if Toomey had his way and had all abortions outlawed. Toomey flat out refuses to answer. He continues to go back to punishing the doctor.
Does that mean that if a woman has an abortion and refuses to implicate which doctor performed it she'd be tossed in jail? Would we have a "War Against Abortion" with taskforces and black-clad SWAT teams kicking in the doors of hidden clinics and throwing doctors in jail because they're suspected of performing abortions? Would we have sting operation clinics where women who came seeking an abortion would be arrested and shown on Cops and the evening news, their swollen bellies stamped with the words "State Property"? Would John Walsh show up on America's Most Wanted: "Tonight on AMW we highlight Dr. John Reed. This disgusting pervert killed two babies. He claimed he was helping their mothers, saving their lives, but we all know the truth, and tonight they're all on the run. You can help us catch them and bring them to justice."
Maybe we should start building maternity prisons so we can lock up the women until they've had their children so we make sure they don't have abortions.
The fact of the matter is, women WILL get thrown into jail when abortion is outlawed. Are you prepared to lock up pregnant women over this issue?
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