If abortion is really equivalent to murder, why is "a little" jail time sufficient?
If a serious issue is criminalized and there's not a fear of strict consequences then there's no reason to make it illegal.
You didn't understand my question.
O I actually did read that wrong. And I'd start with a small jail sentence because a crime that's been accepted for the past 5 decades can't just be enforced by one of the most extreme sentences we have in our country. That would cause complete chaos. The idea is you gradually evoke smaller punishments and as time progresses you invoke harsher punishments.
Think about what would happen if we suddenly banned cigarette use than tried to evoke a harsh prison sentence for it. Chaos.