A friend’s daughter was conceived in rape. She’s a beautiful 16 year old girl now. Thankfully her mother was exactly that.
I’m happy for her. It’s difficult. It’s not the choice I would have recommended for someone I knew, unless she insisted. Then I would have backed off. But, IMHO, that’s not a place where the government should exhibit no flexibility and say, “you’ve been screwed, and shall carry to term.” That’s why I don’t like to hear it from Ted as an announced principle.