Why would someone be charged with involuntary manslaughter for what amounts to death by natural causes? Even from the perspective of the most extreme pro-lifer, I can't imagine a failed implantation being regarded as anything other than unfortunate but natural and unavoidable. Not to mention the impossibility of even identifying when an egg fails to implant.Ddrak wrote:I think conception is far too soon given most fertilized eggs fail implantation and we're not about to arrest every woman alive for involuntary manslaughter.
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Plenty of reasons:
1. IUDs
2. The Pill has a secondary mechanism that prevents implantation if/when ovulation still occurs.
3. There's plenty a woman can do to increase the chance of implantation (being healthy is a HUGE one).
A child walking off a cliff is a natural death as well. The problem with legislating these things is you HAVE to look at the extremes because that's where the unintended consequences are (e.g. 17 year olds marked as sex offenders for having a 16 year old girlfriend).
Dd
1. IUDs
2. The Pill has a secondary mechanism that prevents implantation if/when ovulation still occurs.
3. There's plenty a woman can do to increase the chance of implantation (being healthy is a HUGE one).
A child walking off a cliff is a natural death as well. The problem with legislating these things is you HAVE to look at the extremes because that's where the unintended consequences are (e.g. 17 year olds marked as sex offenders for having a 16 year old girlfriend).
Dd
