- “…punish doctors who provide abortions with lengthy prison sentences.”
Not to make light of a sensitive subject, but an abortion is serious enough, without the doctor adding a prison sentence.
I think we need a verbiage transplant:
- “…and impose lengthy prison sentences on doctors who provide abortions.”
The guilty party here, verbiologically speaking, is “with.” Nasty, imprecise little word. Check your first draft, and … well, I leave it up to you to do the right thing.
English Is A Complicated Language 