[SMARTY]

Why do we need to know this?

OR... is the necessity for making a victim of yourself and cultivating a victim mentality SOOOO ingrained now?

[jacknhoo]

People do need to know this, especially all the evil persons who make the excuse that it is acceptable to kill the children conceived in rape.

[grania]

Why do people know this?

It's standard to know about the parents when someone reaches this level of publicity. Less principled people would lie and invent a father story. I'm impressed by the integrity of the mother, bringing this woman up to be honest and accepting of her parentage.

[Agamemnon]

Why do we need to know this? OR... is the necessity for making a victim of yourself and cultivating a victim mentality SOOOO ingrained now?

What a strange thing to post for someone who sports the tag line that you do.

Both the mother's perspective and the daughter's perspective on what happened are evidence of people who clearly rose above their circumstances and refused to be held back by them.

They are not parading a victimhood drenched blame game, they are not whining about a rapist, but instead are living testimonies to overcoming what was such a tragic event.

This is very likely to sting the abort-a-rape peddlers significantly.

Why don't you celebrate their courage rather than slathering them with your contempt?

FReegards!

[JimRed]

OR... is the necessity for making a victim of yourself and cultivating a victim mentality SOOOO ingrained now?

I read it differently; I think she is setting an example that may cause some rape victims to rethink killing the innocent child who might well become as accomplished as she is.