Women, even on death row, have physicians at their disposal. A pregnant death row inmate would not escape notice.
If a woman is on death row, there is a particular segment of the guard population that are in charge of that particular section of the prison, as it's segregated from general population.
Furthermore, if a woman happens to be on death row it takes years for the execution of sentence to be carried out, due to the Constitutional guarantees that insure every opportunity for appeal.
And finally, if a woman is on death row, and is absolutely guilty and not just wrongly accused, she's there for a heinous murder or murders that she did commit. If we're going to kill her, a reprieve due to a fetus in her womb, isn't a game changer.
After all, that woman could have murdered a pregnant woman in order to arrive at death row.
The death penalty isn't perfect. It should be abolished because of those people for whom DNA testing has been a life saver even from other prison sentences they were serving until testing proved they were innocent. This includes some inmates who were on death row.
Though it is interesting that long ago one prison's warden, in concert with I think it was the Innocence Project, proposed to all inmates the option for free DNA testing to exonerate the innocent among them. Not one inmate took up the offer.
Some say the death penalty is State sanctioned murder. However, for those inmates who are guilty of the most horrific crimes, if it's available it might as well be employed.
After all, what's humane about asking the victims family to have their tax dollars help the savage murderer of their daughter or son to live a life sentence and grow to be a senior citizen, when those victims child wasn't allowed that chance due to that inmate?
The only thing wrong with the death penalty is that it's not broadcast pay per view.
It's not public like the old days when hangings were carried out in the town square, for instance.
People should see what savagery costs. And if it appears to be more savagery, at least it sends the message that we'll not tolerate evil survived in a cell for 50 or more years on a life sentence. Free stamps, free cable, free medical that likes of which good free people can't afford, and free attorneys that we pay for, but that we most likely would find hard to budget if the time came ourselves.
Thou Shalt Not Murder
Those on death row broke the law first
A fetus in their belly, that being sexism when it's an excuse not to execute sentence, doesn't change a thing.