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Hekate

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28. There's plenty of precedent for that; it was called "pleading her belly"...

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 05:16 PM

Sep 2014

... and could buy a condemned woman time before hanging or transportation to a prison colony. Of course some elderly midwives would be called in to the prison to confirm the pregnancy, but still.

Ah, the things one can learn from reading English novels from prior centuries.

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National Review Writer: Women Who Have Abortions Should Be Hanged [View all] DonViejo Sep 2014 OP

ISIS is in America in the form of Dark age Christianity. Dawson Leery Sep 2014 #1

Eeyup. hifiguy Sep 2014 #2

The National Review editorialized in favor of Southern leadership merrily Sep 2014 #3

You mean, of course, Mister Nightowl Oct 2014 #44

War on Women? What war on women? NickB79 Sep 2014 #4

This is supposedly the "fringe" of the GOP War Horse Sep 2014 #5

The GOP luvs them some National Review long time. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #33

So much for the title "pro-life" gollygee Sep 2014 #6

Exactly..... TheNutcracker Sep 2014 #7

Neither do post-fetuses once they shoot out the ol' birth canal. catbyte Sep 2014 #17

Ain't that the ever-lovin' truth. hifiguy Sep 2014 #24

Love the fetus. Hate the child. GoCubsGo Sep 2014 #26

I'm starting a new religion. Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #8

And if anyone disagrees... nxylas Oct 2014 #36

Yes - They're oppressing me!!! Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #37

I wouldn't be here Aerows Sep 2014 #9

Agree with you on all points. colorado_ufo Sep 2014 #19

Considering that I don't sleep with men Aerows Sep 2014 #21

Then there are men who can't be bothered to wear a condom. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2014 #35

TMI: this is why I've never shared it with ANYONE. And probably never will. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #40

A 19th Century punishment surpassed by a 19th Century point of view. lpbk2713 Sep 2014 #10

Women have been Aerows Sep 2014 #11

Of course they have. lpbk2713 Sep 2014 #12

Idiots like that make me so angry Aerows Sep 2014 #13

The Bible's abortion technique is designed not only to remove the fetus... jmowreader Sep 2014 #29

Honestly, I don't know why anyone would even want to bring kids into this world anymore. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #41

But there's no Republican war on women Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #14

Who says Neanderthals became extinct? ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #15

Jeezbus Iliyah Sep 2014 #16

Pretty much what my brain said as well BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #18

Considering that two out of three pregnancies... HoosierCowboy Sep 2014 #20

You are of course talking about natural miscarriages. JDPriestly Sep 2014 #31

Really? N.Y. to Paris Sep 2014 #22

If women get hanged, the guy that got them pregnant needs to hang too. lark Sep 2014 #23

So, here's a question for Mr. ProLife hueymahl Sep 2014 #25

I'd like to pose that question to them. GoCubsGo Sep 2014 #27

There's plenty of precedent for that; it was called "pleading her belly"... Hekate Sep 2014 #28

While campaigning for Democrats my husband met a young man and his pregnant wife JDPriestly Sep 2014 #30

Who is Kevin Williamson Caretha Sep 2014 #32

Who is Kevin Williamson and why should we care? TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #34

Men who think like this... abakan Oct 2014 #38

Kevin, you're such a disease! Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #39

You guys ever see "The Handmaid's Tale"? WinstonSmith4740 Oct 2014 #42

Die for trying to stop an ectopic pregnancy! Die! shenmue Oct 2014 #43