Posted on 11/20/2014 10:16:59 AM PST by wagglebee
Over the last six years, I have met many different kinds of people. I have met the radicals, the impartials, and the unsure. I have met people who range all across the spectrum between 'choice' and life. A common trend I have seen, both in those who consider themselves pro-life and those who advocate for abortion, is the inclusion of the rape exception in their beliefs. I often hear people say things such as, "I think abortion is wrong, except in extreme cases like rape."
Let me begin addressing this issue by summarizing what we know about the unborn: they are alive and they are human. These are not religious beliefs but scientifically proven facts. Society's laws also clearly consider human life to be of value. Therefore, the only reasonable conclusion we can reach is to say that, since the unborn are human, the unborn are intrinsically valuable.
Keeping this in mind, we now come to the rape exception. The rape exception, ignoring the foundational truths stated above, says that the lives of those conceived in rape are somehow less valuable because of the circumstances surrounding their conception. The issue is that, if this reasoning were extended and taken to its logical conclusions, not only would the unborn child conceived in rape be less valuable than other humans, but the infant, toddler, teenager, and adult conceived in rape would also be less valuable.
In adopting a pro-life position, an individual is agreeing with science when it says that human life begins at the moment of conception. A pro-life individual is also agreeing with society when it says that human life is valuable. By making these agreements, a pro-lifer automatically eliminates the viability of the rape exception within his or her beliefs. He or she agrees that every unborn child deserves life. There can be no exceptions.
I understand why people adopt the perspective: women's rights, personal experience, compassion. But the fact still remains that, no matter how compassionate it may be portrayed as being, the rape exception ignores the humanity of the unborn child conceived in rape, which therefore ignores the humanity of the born child. A child like Isabella.
Above is a picture of two beautiful young women. Lauran and Isabella have a very unique story, one that you can read about here. What I want to highlight here is not the fact that Lauran is courageous or that Isabella is adorable, although both of those statements are true. What I want to highlight is the fact that, if the rape exception were drawn out to its full conclusions, Isabella would be considered less valuable than every other little girl her age. If the rape exception were drawn out to its full conclusions, someone would be able to kill her at any stage in her life because of the circumstances of her conception.
I am not condemning those pro-lifers who believe in the rape exception. As individuals, they can believe in the rape exception if they so choose. What I am saying, however, is that they cannot believe in the rape exception and remain intellectually honest.
I have always held the belief that, in the pro-life movement, we must be all-in or all-out. As Rebecca Kiessling would say, "No exceptions. No compromise." If you are still uncertain as to where you stand in regard to the rape exception, talk to Lauran and Isabella. I'm sure that they will have a thing or two to say about it.
Lia Mills, 18, is the founder and director of True Choice, a pro-life organization that aims to protect and empower those facing an unplanned pregnancy.
It is unthinkable to execute the child of a criminal, and that is exactly what the so-called "rape exception" advocates.
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I can't.
I understand the argument. I sympathize with the emotion. I can't agree with it.
Because it would make me agree with killing an innocent.
And I can not do that.
I would make the same argument against executing a pregnant woman.
How about kill the rapist on sight, if the woman doesn’t want the baby, she can adopt it to about 100 million others that want children.
ME ME ME ME ME ME ME!!!! I GOT RAPED NOW THERE IS A INNOCENT BABY IN ME, GET IT OUT OF ME KILL IT NOW “OHHHHHH THE TRAUMA.” OH BOO FRIKKIN HOO. AT LEAST YOU GOT A CHANCE YOU SICKO BASTARDS THAT WOULD KILL A CHILD.
SICK FREAKS.
Discovered many years ago, that one violent act should not be the cause of another which can and does impact the victim far more than the original act, not to mention the baby involved, who is at the mercy of the decision to end a pregnancy.
We can solve a lot of the abortion problem by sterilizing everyone with an IQ below 95 and above 130.
While you can argue against a rape exception, it is ultimately to the advantage of the abortion crowd.
The fact that less than 1% of abortions are rape related (Guttmacher Institute, 2004) means that holding out for that last exception continues to allow the 99%. The simple fact is that by the most liberal standard, 95% of abortions are simply a means of birth control.
A large majority of Americans are against abortion as a means of birth control. That is the argument that has to be made.
Allowing the left to control the false narrative continues the status quo. Anything that saves children, even incrementally, is preferable to the continued slaughter of millions.
Turn the tables on liberals.
Tell them to write a law that prohibits abortion except in cases of rape and incest.
Tell them if they can get that law out of committee, you’ll support its passage.
Don’t worry, you’ll never have to follow through.
BUT!
If such a law were passed and faithfully implemented, it would save over 1 MILLION babies per year.
Would you really worry about making a compromise that saved 1 MILLION babies per year?
You need not be satisfied, but you’d have to be gratified.
Would God be upset that you’d been a part of saving a MILLION babies per year?
Would He be more upset if you passed up that opportunity?
Here’s a good compromise: don’t abort the child conceived in rape; execute the rapist.
Yeah but she has to abort the baby. Giving it up for adoption might hurt her feelings #liberalLogic
They managed to write the article with slamming “protestants”, bravo
A time is coming and will soon arrive when a conceived human being implanted in the tissue of a woman's body can be removed from her body and placed in an artificial womb until birth age. Until that time, how will we as human beings address the right to life of the alive unborn other human being?
My old neighbors adopted a boy who was conceived via rape. He is one of the gentlest men I know.
We have a very precious five year old grandson who is the product of a date rape. At the time he was conceived his mother was a 31 year old single mother of two.
And that pregnancy started out as twins! The afternoon our daughter cam to me and showed me the sonogram picture of two babies, I wrapped her in my arms and assured her that somehow we would get through this, and that we would all of us, her dad and mom and her sisters would camp out at her place and take turns helping to care for those babies. Four weeks later, another sonogram revealed that one of the twins had simply stopped developing. The surviving twin is a healthy. happy little boy who has been adopted by my daughter’s husband of four years.
“The fact that less than 1% of abortions are rape related (Guttmacher Institute, 2004) means that holding out for that last exception continues to allow the 99%.”
On the contrary, the left uses the emotionally appealing “rape exception” to keep the other 99% legal. How would you ban abortion but still allow it in cases of rape? It could only come down to taking the woman’s word that she was raped, which means, as long as there is a rape exception, any abortion ban is simply “the honor system”, and business continues as usual.
I applaud you and your daughter for being true to your beliefs. That is how God works in this fallen world.
For those outside of His grace, the Law is the only standard and making inherently flawed laws is what fallen men do. Attempting to move those laws closer to God’s Law is every christian’s duty. Waiting for perfection before supporting any change is not only foolish, but sinful.
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