48

I agree with Chelsea about the point that our jails are already overcrowded. I believe Lynn said something about how laws are manipulated to convict 'problem' people and put them in jail beacause we don't want to deal with them and it's easier than solving the actual problem. This law among many others will most likely be used to put poor, uneducated, single, minority women in jail. I think this is a problem too, it's like we make laws with invisible loopholes in them to convict people instead of doing something proactive like creating more sex education programs or trying to alleviate poverty. The government's solution is just to make law after law that incriminates the ignorant. If amendment 48 gets passed I will worry for all women but mostly minority and poor women.
Another point someone made that worries me is that some people believe exactly what they see on the surface. On the surface trying to protect babies seems like an amazing thing to do, but if the population doesn't hear the startling stories and the truth about what 48 will be used for they will vote in favor of it. I have seen ads on TV for a few other amendments but none for 48 which makes me think people don't know it's potential harm.