Deborah Denno comments to WNYC about the New York City Police Department’s decision to charge a Washington Heights woman with self-abortion in the first degree.
Deborah Denno, another criminal law professor at Fordham Law School, said the fact that the self-abortion charge is a misdemeanor and not a felony reflects a judgment by the state legislature that women should have some say over what happens to their bodies.
“Even though there is a philosophical and religious and legal debate about when a fetus is truly viable, there’s still a strong sense and feeling that women have control over their bodies and the fetuses inside their bodies,” Denno said.
Read the entire WNYC story.
