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Originally Posted by SundaeGirl
I just wonder what this new law hopes to achieve? It's specifically targeting people who have not shown any previous regard for the law.
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Well, they got Al Capone on tax evasion... it makes it possible to attach a much more serious penalty onto drug laws, which have been historically hard to enforce. Actually, I think this law is going to have a pro-abortion effect, not an anti-. If Jane the Crack User gets pregnant, she knows that rather than yet another court-ordered probation/substance abuse clinic/short jail term, she can now be convicted of murder if she keeps using, which she knows she will. She may decide it's better to get an abortion than to just pray the baby will be okay (or have it for the sole purpose of getting a support check from the father.)