[Antoninus]

The South Dakota ban does not even include an exception for women who are raped.

Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because a baby was conceived via rape, it doesn't mean he's somehow less human and deserving of the death penalty.

Ask a child who was conceived via rape, put up for adoption, and subsequently raised by a loving family if he'd rather be dead. Not everyone was given life under ideal circumstances. That doesn't mean that death is a better option.

[AntiGovernment]

Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because a baby was conceived via rape, it doesn't mean he's somehow less human and deserving of the death penalty.

Do you disagree with Reagan?

Ask a child who was conceived via rape, put up for adoption, and subsequently raised by a loving family if he'd rather be dead.

I'm concerned about the effects that this will have on the woman. I don't believe in pushing her around, after such a horrible atrocity.

[Prov3456]

About pregnancies which result from rape:

Two studies of women pregnant due to rape or incest have been done (1979 and 2000). Both found that the women who carried their pregnancies to term and gave them up for adoption healed emotionally from the rapes faster and "easier" than did those who aborted the babies conceived by rape. The women viewed the abortion as a second act of violence in addition to the violence of the rape.

Interestingly, the organizations which promote abortion using the "rape and incest" reasoning have never bothered to ask those same women their opinions.

An excellent book on this subject is Victims and Victors: Speaking Out About Their Pregnancies, Abortions, and Children Resulting from Sexual Assault, by David Reardon. He conducted the 2000 study; this book details the findings.

[IIntense]

Two wrongs don't make a right.

I completely agree with that, so, on this subject, I'm straddling the fence.

If you are male, you're not going to get pregnant, whether you are married, dating, or raped. Therefore, you may not even be capable of imagining what it's like to be pregnant, let alone brought on by a vicious rapist. You simply cannot put yourself in such a victim's shoes!

While I truly appreciate the strong abhorrence many men have for abortion, I don't believe they all understand the devastating effects of rape.

While I've never been a victim, I can well believe the trauma some women have suffered.