this is just a virtue signal to begin with. And the argument against it is just a signal too.
It’s almost like the politicians are playing politics.
I feel like sentencing should be based on forseeable harms, not victim characteristics.
Parliament shouldn’t put pregnant people above people with other vulnerabilities.
if abortion becomes illegal they could use this bill to say doctors willfully causes harm to a pregnant woman.
I think the concern is more along the lines of, if there is a court case seeking to recognize the personhood of a fetus, then anti choice folks will point to this law and say “see there is precedent, the criminal code considers pregnant women to have more rights” and a biased Supreme Court can use this as a fig leaf to overturn abortion rights.
It’s almost like the politicians are playing politics.
I feel like sentencing should be based on forseeable harms, not victim characteristics.
Parliament shouldn’t put pregnant people above people with other vulnerabilities.
I think the concern is more along the lines of, if there is a court case seeking to recognize the personhood of a fetus, then anti choice folks will point to this law and say “see there is precedent, the criminal code considers pregnant women to have more rights” and a biased Supreme Court can use this as a fig leaf to overturn abortion rights.