"Except of course in the case of rape. It is unconscionable to me that that seed be allowed to sprout in an unwilling woman."
So the child pays with its life because its father is a rappist?
Suppose the mother dies in childbirth?
If that were to happen, the State that prohibited her from terminating the pregnancy would have blood on its hands, as well as the rapist. Suppose she ends up having to have a C-section and being scarred for life?
I don't think the rapist or his issue deserves to have that much power over her, in a country with a IVth, Xth, and XIIIth amendment in its Constitution.
She's got to make the decision where the integrity of her own body is concerned. Make the decision early - first trimester so there's no doubt about the unprotectibility of that life by the government, since it's utterly dependent at that time.
Pregnancy is a 9 month long ordeal that many women do not do well in, and it's unconscionable to force a woman to carry who did not even choose to carry.
The mother has a right to abort the growing fertilized egg while it is utterly and completely dependent on her body. Otherwise, she is subject to the whims of a rapist through no volition or responsibility of her own.