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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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[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Maybe he would have gotten life in prison if the embryo/fetus he tried to kill actually died. 🤷🏻‍♀️ The baby survived but with developmental delays.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you think that a doctor that attempted an abortion but the fetus survived would be treated any differently than a doctor that completed an abortion? It's the procedure that's criminalized, not the result.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There have been plenty of cases of attempted murder in which the criminal gets a lighter sentence because the victim is still alive. Don't be mad at me. Blame the stupid criminal justice system.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

but this isn't attempted murder, it's a different crime. You're substituting your intuition about the law for what the law actually is. The law in Texas does not make abortion a type of murder, it makes performing an abortion a crime in and of itself regardless of whether the fetus dies. The text of the law is that it's a crime to "knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman".

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 4 points 8 months ago

but with development delays.

Yea, we already know it's in Texas.