QuestionHello there. This isn't a question about abortion from a medical standpoint. I guess I am just interested in getting your opinion as something. During the course of writing a paper for school on violence against women, I stumbled across a couple of cases where the fact that the female victim had once made the decision to terminate a pregnancy was brought up. In once case, the defence attorney actually implied that we should feel sympathy for the defendant(who brutally stabbed his girlfriend to death in front of her horrified colleagues!) who was "devestated" when he found out his girlfriend had aborted "his child". This man by the way had a history of abusing women. She left him because he beat her. In the second case, the defence attorney brought it up in order to make the woman appear "trashy" and "slutty". She apparently had multiple sex partners, and had had more than one abortion. So I guess that meant that it was OKAY for her husband to strangle her to death. This is unbelievable!
I couldn't help but be mad. I'm not big on abortion myself, I don't think I would have one. But it IS legal, and women DO have the right to decide for themselves. So if it is legal, why is it allowed to be used an excuse to murder a woman? They haven't done anything wrong legally, and the abortion issue is one that people disagree on. There is no right or wrong answer, it's a matter of opinion. IT's just sickening in general to hear these lawyers make excuses for why men abuse/murder women. Even if she had had TWENTY abortions, that doesn't give him the right to murder her. And he had a role to play in the unintended pregnancy too, which is something people seem to forget. Thanks.
Carmen
AnswerDear Carmen,
I agree with your sentiments 100%. It is outrageous to use a woman's private medical decision as an excuse to brutally murder her. It is sickening. Unfortunately defense attorneys have free reign to use anything they wish, and have even been known to LIE to defend their clients. It is not right and those lawyers should be disbarred.
It is up to the opposing prosecutor to point out the facts as you have, that abortion is a legal, private medical procedure which has nothing to do with excusing violence against women.
You are 100% right about your feelings about this. Thanks for sharing them with me, and I hope you discuss this amongst your friends and relatives. The more people know about the disgusting behavior of lawyers, the more pressure that will be brought about to reform the system.
Best wishes,
Deb
