If the Pro-life movement succeeds in making abortion illegal what will the ensuing steps to enforce this new law entail? When the hundreds of abortion clinics spring up along the borders of Canada and Mexico it will to some degree become the Border Patrol’s responsibility to enforce the law. Will there new duties include giving a pregnancy test to border crossers?
What will the penalties be? Will a Woman be charged with premeditated murder, with all the mandatory minimums that come with that, if she has an illegal abortion? If say a co-worker overhears someone expressing a desire to terminate a pregnancy and reports them, will they be forced to undergo a psychological evaluation to determine their intentions? And if they don’t report them will they be guilty of conspiracy to commit murder? If it is determined that they may pursue an abortion will they be placed in protective custody for the length of the pregnancy, and then be deemed an unfit mother and have the child removed? And what ramifications will that have for her later in life if she decides she's ready to start a family? With the parental notification amendment that just passed will a parent or guardian have the authority to place a minor in a home or detention center for the pregnancy term, or will that decision be up to a state appointed counselor?
The way I see it nothing less than new branch of law enforcement will have to be created to handle yet another war on something. The new challenges that will be presented to this new branch will be similar to what the DEA faces now. If our neighbors don’t change their law how will we keep them from building abortion clinics along our borders? And if they do follow suit will we give them more aid to stop these clinics and RU486 labs?
Our war on drugs cannot be won, and in fact is making that problem much worse. Can we please learn from this before we inter another un-winnable war and remember the goal is to stop abortions? And the most feasible way to do that is to work to stop unwanted pregnancies.