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Rape and Incest....Is Abortion Ever Okay?(Important legal perspective midway)
Georgia Right to Life - pdf document ^ | Georgia Right to Life

Posted on 03/09/2006 11:44:59 AM PST by cpforlife.org

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To: RHINO369
"I understand why you want to have this exception, but it doesn't make any sense."

Actually it does in a way...

The sex act (intercourse), can not reasonably be separated from the reproductive process. It is in fact the first step in a continuum that begins with intercourse and ends with the birth of a child.

Therefore, if the start of this process is an unwanted assault on the female (rape), then the pregnancy could reasonably be considered a continuation of the same assault. So the woman could very well have the right to terminate the assault, right up to childbirth.

It's true that the kid is a victim and perhaps doesn't deserve to die. But life isn't fair sometimes...

For example, suppose a pregnant woman had a gun and was trying to murder another person. Would that other person not be justified in killing the woman in self defense, just because doing so would put her unborn child at risk? Like I said, life is not fair sometimes.

Incest is a totally different matter (except that probably most incest is also rape).
41 posted on 03/09/2006 1:11:08 PM PST by babygene (Viable after 87 trimesters)
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To: glowworm
Maybe, in eons gone by. But now a rapist's intrusion can be fixed with the morning after pill and doesn't need to wait til the last month.

Well see, that's the problem. Those that oppose surgical abortion oppose the morning after pill with the same fervor. Ask cpforlife.org if you don't believe me. He/she considers the morning after pill an abortion.

42 posted on 03/09/2006 1:12:22 PM PST by Melas (What!? Read or learn something? Why would anyone do that, when they can just go on being stupid)
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To: cpforlife.org

My response requires no elaboration.


44 posted on 03/09/2006 1:20:06 PM PST by verity (The MSM is comprised of useless eaters)
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To: gidget7

I'm sure you know that it's fairly customary here (at FR) to provide backup to statements you make that aren't opinions, if someone makes the request. I have done some Googling, along with some other research, and my information doesn't match what you stated in your previous post - which is confusing to me - and which is why I asked. Nitpicking on my part? No. I just like accuracy. Thanks anyway.


45 posted on 03/09/2006 1:20:53 PM PST by coop71 (Being a redhead means never having to say you're sorry...)
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To: Melas

Charming.


46 posted on 03/09/2006 1:22:21 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture (Abortion is a weapon of mass destruction)
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To: pissant
Because ol Ted has no right, legal, moral, or otherwise to create that child in the first place. And I have no obligation legal, moral or otherwise to let it live.

Innocent children are not "its."

SD

47 posted on 03/09/2006 1:26:51 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: microgood
The author of this obviously does not know how traumatic a rape can be. The article should be honest and admit that in some cases, forcing a rape victim to have a child is not saving a life but swapping one life for another. I have seen this happen in real life.

And I have seen the opposite, where the rape victim abortee feels years of sorrow and anguish for the sin of abortion her parents chose for her.

There are no easy solutions. Killing an innocent child doesn't make the rape go away, it compounds one crime with another, and turns the victim into a predator.

SD

48 posted on 03/09/2006 1:30:15 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

The other thing is, if it is morally acceptable to abort a child that is the result of rape, logically it must be morally acceptable to abort any other child, as they are all equally human.

There is either a human being at stake, or not.


49 posted on 03/09/2006 1:32:51 PM PST by B Knotts
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To: B Knotts
Allowing abortion for fetal abnormalities is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Either we believe in equal treatment under the law, or we do not.

One thing you don't do is punish the child for the sins of the father. Two violent crimes don't make a right.

SD

50 posted on 03/09/2006 1:35:35 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: cpforlife.org

Thank you for the ping. Wonderful Letter to the Editor in this week's hard copy edition of the Washington Times on this very subject!


51 posted on 03/09/2006 1:39:12 PM PST by .30Carbine
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To: SoothingDave

I agree.


52 posted on 03/09/2006 1:40:22 PM PST by B Knotts
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To: SoothingDave

Very true. It's short hand for he/she since it unclear on the gender.


53 posted on 03/09/2006 1:42:20 PM PST by pissant
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To: pissant
Very true. It's short hand for he/she since it unclear on the gender.

"It" is not shorthand for he or she. Especially not when you are talking about killing an unborn innocent.

SD

54 posted on 03/09/2006 1:49:25 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

You commented, I clarified.


55 posted on 03/09/2006 1:53:10 PM PST by pissant
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To: Gay State Conservative
God,that's an easy one.If "rape victims" are the only ones who can get an abortion,then the incidence of "rape" in this country would jump to 10,000,000 a year....overnight.

The number of innocent men thrown in jail for false accusation of rape will skyrocket.

56 posted on 03/09/2006 1:53:47 PM PST by Paul C. Jesup
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To: cpforlife.org
I wish someone would tell me why this is always classified as rape or incest ... the incest they're talking here IS rape.
57 posted on 03/09/2006 1:56:28 PM PST by MozarkDawg
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To: cpforlife.org

Murdering children is never an option!


58 posted on 03/09/2006 1:57:02 PM PST by Beagle8U (An "Earth First" kinda guy ( when we finish logging here, we'll start on the other planets.)
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To: cpforlife.org

Then can we all at least fight for the death penalty for the rapist?


59 posted on 03/09/2006 1:57:46 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: pissant
No sane man would ever force his wife or daughter to carry the child of a rapist.

Since when did any MAN have a say so as regards?

No sane woman would punish HER child with death for the manner in which he happened to have been created.

60 posted on 03/09/2006 1:59:51 PM PST by MozarkDawg
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