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Given that there's now what's called the "Morning After" pill, the woman doesn't have to know whether or not she got pregnant due to the rape. If the victim reports the rape in short order, she can at the time she reports it elect to take the "Morning After" pill without knowing whether or not she's pregnant or decide that if she's pregnant that she's going to keep the infant. No one will know whether or not she was impregnated and she will have been given the opportunity to keep her child should she, in fact, be pregnant. The rape victim who decides to take the pill rather than accepting the possible pregnancy is then doing exactly the same thing as millions who demand an end to all abortion but personally rely on artificial means of contraception rather than self-control.

IMHO, if the real issue is whether those who were raped should have to carry any infant to term, the above approach seems like plenty of protection against someone being forced to bear a child that was forced on them against their will.

It also provides an opportunity for those who believe that even in the case of rape the child's life is paramount to step up, put their money where their mouth is, and make a legally binding commitment to take care of the mother and infant if the woman is pregnant. They should also commit to being responsible for a suitable adoptive family or if the woman wants to keep the child herself, be willing to bear a significant share of the cost of the infant and the resulting child's education.

If people say they cannot abide abortion in any case aren't going to bear a large part consequences of a child coming into the world due to rape they can be satisfied with being kept in the dark right along with the woman who may or may not be pregnant. Otherwise they're just playing into the hands of the whole culture of death machine.

There may be something workable along the line of reasoning I'm using here and there may not, but playing the "pregnant due to rape" game is nothing but a gimmick of the culture of death crowd. Most of them think all sex is either rape or prostitution anyway. The culture of death crowd is always going to have some sort of exception to bandy about with the help of their media pals. There are ways to deal with tragic exceptions to the rule but continuing to slaughter millions to avoid dealing with exceptions as the arise isn't at all reasonable.

The real issue is to stop playing the games the democrat media crowd love to play. All the "discussion" about exceptions doesn't accomplish a thing other than to let another day pass which insures the deaths of another few thousand infants while all everyone is coaxed into being comfortable that their exception is handled in advance. Even when abortion was illegal I knew of several girls who had no problem obtaining one in the heart of the Bible Belt. They weren't from wealthy families, either, so the issue wasn't whether or not you could afford to have an abortion and there was never a time when "thousands" of women a year were dying from "back ally abortions" unless it was before the turn of the twentieth century.

If abortion on demand and the culture of death are going to be halted, those opposed to mass murder need to agree that all abortions should be outlawed but that they may be cases where an exception should be made, then go on to the next point rather than playing games that do nothing but hand the initiative to the enemy.

JMHO