maryland late term abortion doctors charged with murder,a win for life

[Anonymous]

I guess they thought it would not be an issue in liberal maryland but they took it too far. Hope to see more late term killers charged http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2-doctors-accused-of-performing-late-term-abortions-in-md-arrested-and-charged-with-murder/2011/12/30/gIQAfhXOQP_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop

[Anonymous]

Should be interesting to see what facts come out of this. Not sure I'd call Cecil County "liberal" though. That's the prosecutor who brought the case.

[Anonymous]

Oh, and "Yay Life", or whatever.

[Anonymous]

The criminalization of the practice of medicine is unconscionable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The criminalization of the practice of medicine is unconscionable.

As I understand it, the law was written to apply to situations where a pregnant woman it assaulted, and legal medical procedures were exempted. But a long grand jury investigation concluded that the law should be applied here. This may be a matter of criminal acts being carried out by a doctor, rather than criminalizing the practice of medicine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The criminalization of the practice of medicine is unconscionable.

As I understand it, the law was written to apply to situations where a pregnant woman it assaulted, and legal medical procedures were exempted. But a long grand jury investigation concluded that the law should be applied here. This may be a matter of criminal acts being carried out by a doctor, rather than criminalizing the practice of medicine.

A prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a bologna sandwhich. A charge means nothing. A "conviction" would be a victory for the anti-abortion crowd.

[takoma]

Anonymous wrote:A prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a bologna sandwhich. A charge means nothing. A "conviction" would be a victory for the anti-abortion crowd.

I was on a grand jury in DC. We were a varied group, and sometimes our response was "WTF is the prosecutor thinking?"

[Anonymous]

I remember reading about these cases a few months again in the Baltimore papers. Assuming they are the same, the clinic conditions and 'medical care' were horrific....and the charges warranted.