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"it seems odd that a couple of hours difference could alter the morality of letting the fetus/baby die." -- No different than if you have sex with someone underage by two hours. If the prosecutor wanted to charge you, you wouldn't have a legal defense, although throwing yourself on the mercy of the jury might work. The law is the law and you have to draw a line somewhere.
– user4894
Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 4:14
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@user4894 Statutory law is not ethics. We do not make things right by legislating them, and legal defense is not moral defense.
– user9166
Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 14:20
But that part of the argument is a straw man. In this case it is obviously not the time that makes the difference. Adoption exists, and so does foster care. The mother would have had the option to be released from her responsibilities, and chosen not to take it. That makes her liable. The pregancy gave her no such opportunity to reject those responsibilities, but letting it go on for several months is tacitly accepting them.
– user9166
Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 14:27

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