U.S., Texas Attorney Who Drugged Wife's Drinks To Induce Abortion Sentenced to 180 days in jail
U.S., Texas Attorney Who Drugged Wife's Drinks To Induce Abortion Sentenced to 180 days in jail
Mason Herring pleaded guilty Wednesday to injury to a child and assault of a pregnant person. He had initially been charged with felony assault to induce abortion.
His wife Catherine Herring, who has filed for divorce, told the court the jail sentence was not long enough. She said their 1-year-old daughter, their third child, was born about 10 weeks premature, has developmental delays and attends therapy eight times a week.
“I do not believe that 180 days is justice for attempting to kill your child seven separate times,” Catherine Herring said.
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Just correct me if I'm mistaken, but a quick research revealed that when a woman in Texas gets an abortion she is handed a life-long prison sentence and a fine of USD 10,000. A doctor who performs an abortion gets also a life in prison, looses his licence, and pays a fine of USD 100,000.
But a man poisoning a woman with abortion medication get 180 days in jail, no fine.
I'm not a legal expert, but that seems to have nothing to do with justice but rather with controlling women, right?
It was always about controlling women and their sexuality.
I don't think it's so much about controlling women and their sexuality as much as it is a man wants to ejaculate inside a woman without the consequences of producing a child.
Even that's incorrect.
It isn't about not dealing with the consequences, abortion would be the easiest solution in that case.
No it's simply that women usually have the ultimate say in whether a baby is kept, at least in modern western society. And that is women having too much power.
I'm mildly optimistic that this judgment can now be used as case law for all the prosecution efforts against women and doctors as a result of Texas' fucked up abortion law.
Except it’s Texas, so I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Let us still hope it stands a chance one way or another.
it's because the real problem is women having any amount of power. abortion that is forced on her is fine, because it establishes that women are subhuman and can have things forced upon them.
Duh
This is actually written in the Bible as the official Christian methodology for abortions. The man literally poisons his wife to induce it as a test of her loyalty, in numbers 5:11-31. Yes that’s right, abortion is sanctioned in the Bible exactly as Herring did it to his wife. I don’t know if this factored into the court ruling, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
I think it's because this case predates Texas's new abortion ban, not that that makes this any better.
tHe bI-yUh-bUhllL sEz sO-wUh!!!
Needs a clap emoji after every syllable.
Would that have saved me from all the down-votes?