And, there is a good rational argument against abortion: "If a woman wants to get an abortion because she doesn't feel like it, then does that mean I can rape a woman because I feel like it?"
Anyway, I'm sure some of you will disagree with me, but I think I'm being reasonable.
I think not only should abortions be allowed in cases of rape, but the rapist should be emasculated.
You are being absolutely reasonable, and I fully support your words. There is nothing better in this world than seeing the laughter and joy of a child. The sins of the father should never be held against an innocent child.
Regarding rape, I once heard someone put it so profoundly, "why punish/kill the child for the crime of it's father".
I hate it when people say: well, what if she was raped; they baby would remind her of it forever.
The majority of the rhetoric in this greatest debate of Our Time - including much of the pro-life rhetoric - places the mother at the center as though she were the only one affected by the decision, and as though she were the most affected of the parties affected by the decision.
Rape is awful. Abortion, by, contrast, is horrific.
Now, assuming we accept the premise that the mother is a) the only one affected [by the decision to have an abortion] and b) the most affected: How is visiting the death penalty on her own child going to assuage the pain and guilt she feels about the reprehensible violation of her own body in the act of rape? Yes, women feel guilt from rape. Compound that with the guilt of severing the maternal bond through murder - which guilt no amount of Planned Parenthood propoganda, no number of shallow, plastic smiles can undo.
No, we can do much, much better than abortion for rape.
And yes, emasculation of rapists is a good idea. So is capital punishment for rapists pending the victims' decision to kill the baby as long as Roe v. Wade remains legal (which is must not much longer if we are to survive as a civil socient): He indirectly caused the murder of an innocent human being.