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Sure, but this is a very specific case where you cannot really do that without being completely disingenuous (which to be clear, may be the outcome that happens
by RC_ITR 4y ago
Sure, but this is a very specific case where you cannot really do that without being completely disingenuous (which to be clear, may be the outcome that happens).
You can very easily not send a child to jail (because they have full legal personhood), but right now this fetus is considered 'part of the mother' as it relates to incarceration.
Hard to argue that a fetus has some constitutional rights, but isn't subject to the Fourth Amendment.
Like I said, a judge will make the argument that the fetus' environment is the womb and by that definition, their circumstances have not changed by being in jail, but that feels thin?
- ElfinTrousers 4y ago> Like I said, a judge will make the argument that the fetus' environment is the womb But then, a lawyer could argue that the mother's imprisonment affects the womb environment (bad food, bad medical care, constant high levels of stress). IANAL but that argument doesn't immediately seem ridiculous to me.