Abortion Rights Bill
1. It shall be legal to induce an abortion in the Southeast Region until the end of the second trimester of the pregnancy, after which point it shall be against the law, except in the case of a severe threat to the mother's health or the mother having been impregnated through an act of rape.
2. Any individual who induces a prohibited abortion shall have any existing licence from the Southeast Region or a subdivision thereof to practice a medical profession revoked.
3. Any individual who induces a prohibited abortion shall be sentenced to three years in prison. Any person knowingly facilitating the inducement of a prohibited abortion shall be subject to a criminal fine of $500,000.
4a. Any state statutes legislating abortion existing at the time of this bill's passage are superseded.
4b. 17. Abortion Initiative is superseded.
Nitpicker alert:
Shouldn't Section 3 read "up to" 3 years prison and/or $500k fine? Otherwise this requires a mandatory sentence and fine that no court could even partially suspend as the facts of the case dictate.
Also shouldn't both penalties require "knowing" inducement rather than just the potential fine? Otherwise this imposes strict liability for the most innocent of accidents, like slipping on the sidewalk, that induces a third trimester "abortion" punishable by 3 years incarceration.
Finally FWIW, after a brief scan of RL laws I can't find
any crime that permits a maximum fine of more than a tiny fraction of $500k. There may be some federal corporate pollution or insider trading statutes that allow something in that neighborhood, but as a fine against an individual criminal offender even a tenth this would be almost unheard of.
After more checking: Yep, highly unusual to say the least.
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/f-s-a-deals-largest-fine-ever-for-insider-trading/May I respectfully suggest maybe in the $5-20k range?
Otherwise, great bill!
