[George W. Bush]

if the health authorities do a routine D&C as a standard part of rape treatment, both to prevent disease and preventing a fertilized egg from attaching, I don't have a big problem with it.

But they don't do that as a 'rape treatment'. Generally, pro-lifers consider a D&C procedure legitimate only for saving the life of the woman in the event of a tragic tubal pregnancy. But no one calls that an abortion.

[linda_22003]

Dilation and Curettage is specifically a scraping of the lining of the uterus. In what way would that have ANY effect on a pregnancy in the fallopian tube, which is not within the uterus?

[LtdGovt]

Did you not say, some time ago, that most pro-lifers think that abortion in cases of rape should be allowed? Then why would something that prevents implantation not be allowed in cases of rape?