She makes a compelling case. I will admit to oscillating on this issue. I genuinely don’t know.
I understand that there is no logic in allowing a baby to be terminated because he was conceived in rape. It is not his fault. I also have a real personal problem condemning a woman to a life-changing pregnancy and 18-years of child-rearing that she truly had absolutely no option to refuse. It also is not her fault.
Unfortunately, life presents situations with absolutely no good answer. This is one of them. It is possible that “choice” is the best of two awful options.
Most abortions do not fall into this category, so we can reduce them by 99% by banning them in all other cases, so this need not be the focus of the debate anyway.
SnakeDoc
There is always the option of adoption. I am both an adoptee and an adoptive parent.
“I understand that there is no logic in allowing a baby to be terminated because he was conceived in rape. It is not his fault. I also have a real personal problem condemning a woman to a life-changing pregnancy and 18-years of child-rearing that she truly had absolutely no option to refuse. It also is not her fault.
Unfortunately, life presents situations with absolutely no good answer. This is one of them. It is possible that “choice” is the best of two awful options.”
Ahhhh. But there ARE more than 2 options...and a “good answer” to boot. How about the baby lives, and the mother is not “punished” with a baby. Adoption is a wonderful option, yet you do not even mention it!