Emotional Harm should not be the basis of Public Policy, and that is what people generally talk about with "hurts their family" it is emotional harm of their l

Emotional Harm should not be the basis of Public Policy, and that is what people generally talk about with "hurts their family" it is emotional harm of their loved one physically harming themselves. That is a very dangerous path to start making public policy because of emotional harm. One should only punish physical harm to person (i.e battery) or property (i.e theft)