abortion and double-standards

I’m sure that by the time you read this, most of you have heard this story about the teen couple in Texas who purposely miscarried/killed their twin fetuses. If not, here’s the long-and-short of it: the girl realized too late that she wanted to abort the babies. In an effort to induce miscarriage, she jogged hard and punched herself in the stomach to no avail. She then enlisted her boyfriend to help her. He stood on her stomach a few times, and they succeeded in killing their children. He was subsequently charged with and convicted of double-murder. She, however, was not charged because of her “legal right to abortion”.

HOW SCREWED UP IS THIS?

Please don’t get me wrong; I’m glad that this kid is being held accountable for killing his children. I’m glad that by calling this an “abortion”, the court essentially admitted that abortion is a form of murder. What makes no sense is not charging the girl, when she’s essentially a co-conspirator to murder. Somehow, this singular act is, on one hand, an illegal killing of two human beings, but on another hand, a legal medical procedure that the girl had a “right” to. It can’t be both. If she gets off scott-free because it’s a legal abortion, it follows logically that the most the boy could be charged with is practicing medicine without a license. If he’s a murderer, however, then so is she, as she is a co-conspirator. Apparently the court wants to have it both ways.

(It’s interesting to note, as well, that had the boy paid the cash for an abortion, he would NOT have been charged with murder or being an accessory to murder.)

Insanity. Throw the girl in jail, too, or let the boy out on the basis of the 14th Amendment. (Preferably the former, but the latter is much more likely.)