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In reply to the discussion: "NO": The Second Part of Trump's Answer That Got Audible Gasps From the Audience [View all]usedtobedemgurl
(1,172 posts)If he does know, and she has an abortion, then he is equally responsible IF he did not call the cops to turn her in and have her arrested.
Also, the mom/dad/best friend who accompanies her to the clinic will be accessories and need to be punished with possible jail time as well. Let's face it, if you go into the bank and kill people while trying to rob it, and I drove you there while knowing your plan, I am just as guity of murder. That is what these people have always argued - abortion is murder. So if someone drives you, pays for it, knows about the progress of murder and does not report it, they are just as culpable as the person committing the murder.
If the employer fronts the girl money, knowing it is for abortion, they may also be arrested for not turning in a murderer.
And, of course, the doctor and his staff are all guilty and must go to jail.
And if the guy tells her that he does not consent to abortion then the law must treat that as him paying child support for the next eighteen years. He will then be legally on the line.
Of course no one would say that a guy should be held responsible if he does not know but that is not what Trump said. We must go by exactly what he said. He told us the guy will not be held responsible and he did not add any qualifiers. Couple that with what he has said about women, before, and it all falls neatly in line and we have no need to question it.