Posted on 12/04/2014 9:46:46 AM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Mother who became pregnant during sexual assault argues that her baby is not merely a “product of rape”
Analyn Megison was raped and conceived a baby. She chose to have her child, and is now a loving mother. And an article in LifeNews.com, she describes her frustration when people call her baby “the rapist child” or emphasize how the conception happened, while denying her child’s basic humanity:
“My basic human rights were violated when I was raped during his violent attack years ago as I plead for my dignity and humanity, but I think that one of the things I am still having to advocate for is the basic human rights of my child, and other innocent children like mine. Not only am I not an object for use by a rapist, but my child is also not to be reduced to a mere product of a violent criminal act simply because of how her conception took place.”
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One of the first questions I am typically asked after I share with someone that I am raising my child who was conceived when I was raped is, “Does she know yet?” — often accompanied by a look of horror….
[T]he stigma that is associated with the precious child who you love so much needs to be overcome to make this world a better place for equal love and respect for your child, regardless of how he or she was conceived.
I hope that one day the first question I hear is something parents freely share with one another, such as: “What kinds of hobbies does she have?” and I could talk about how she has a great sense of humor and loves to do art projects and to sing. Or even, “Does she like being a big sister?,” and I could say, “Yes, she loves her little brothers very much and they love her lots too!””
Analyn Megison “People Look at Me in Horror When They Learn My Daughter Was Conceived in Rape” LifeNews 8/20/14
Analyn Megison is a co-founder / Board Member of Hope After Rape Conception – www.hopeafterrapeconception.org, and a blogger for Save The 1.
Calling the baby "the rapist child", makes it sound like the child is a rapist. "The rapist's child" would be so much better.
i think the point she’s making is that t’d be even better to just call her “child” and stop fixating on the rape/rapist when discussing her child.
Even then I’m not sure it would sound right. More like “a child conceived during a rape” would be better.
My answer would be “nobody’s damn business”.
Why does she keep telling people? She’s getting something positive for her effort, otherwise she’d keep her mouth shut.
A lot of single moms these days. Maybe she did not want them to know she was not a “Sandra Fluke” kinda of woman who just went and had a baby. So naturally people wonder where her baby’s daddy is/was? Well she was not sleeping around she was raped and told the truth. They were horrified she was raped, but more horrified she did not have an abortion? Think about it? They should say “Oh I so sorry you were raped I hope you are okay now. Well at least God did bless you with a beautiful child!”
Yea I know...in the perfect world that would happen.
They believe that an innocent third party should pay with a life for the misbehavior of another. News flash: that was already done, on the Cross, for all of our misbehaviors.
For liberals she is a criminal for not killing her child. Anyone who doesn’t abort a normally conceived child has bad judgment, at least, but to keep one conceived in rape is criminal. Same goes for any child that might have some physical problem.
They’ll be asking that as well as if she wants/needs to have a post-birth abortion.
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