I said no such thing, please don't put words in my mouth.
I do believe that having a 12 to 16 year old carrying the child of her rapist or (some relative) is far more cruel and abusive than having a 10 minute surgical procedure and one-week recovery, no matter how ugly that latter choice might be.
In fact it actually sounds like some sort of psychological torture.
If an adult impregnates her, and another adult takes her to have a living being ripped out of her body, which rape is worse?
If an adult rapes a 12 to 16 year oolld child, and that child is taken for a surgical procedure by caring people within a short period of time, I'd say the rapist deserves life in the slammer, the child needs to be cared for and comforted for many years, and the parents and physician have made very painful choices to reduce the long-term trauma done to their child.
The more I think about this, the crueler and more heartless your moral code sounds.
IMO Jesus Christ would provide forgiveness to all but the rapist.
I do believe that having a 12 to 16 year old carrying the child of her rapist or (some relative) is far more cruel and abusive than having a 10 minute surgical procedure and one-week recovery, no matter how ugly that latter choice might be.
In fact it actually sounds like some sort of psychological torture.
I agree completely. Abortion is a horrible thing and ought to be outlawed in most cases. That said, I draw a lline at forcing by LAW a rape victim, especially a minor child rape victim to carry the result of that rape just because my personal religious beliefs would dictate it for me.
Christ would indeed forgive all including the rapist if he repented.
What I take issue with is your one week recovery for an abortion. Terminating a pregnancy will haunt a woman for the rest of her life. What happens when she gives birth to her first live baby and has that joyous event overshadowed by what the child that was killed might have been?
There is no good answer in the case of a raped child, but I do not think abortion is the easy way out. I think it is at least as emotionally and physically disturbing to a teen as carrying a child to term. If that makes me cold and cruel so be it.