The "rape exception" is nothing more than another "and then you can kill the baby" laws that is used for allowing unrestricted abortion.
Because it is the one time where the woman had no choice in becoming pregnant. Of course it is still killing a human life, but many do not feel a woman shoule be forced to carry a reminder of her rape to term.....that it truly was not her choice. Maybe for some women the emotional turmoil of being reminded for 9 months of their rape would do serious damage to their mental health, especially if they already have serious mental health issues. Some prolife sources say only about half of raped women choose abortion. I do not know how true that statisitic is, though.
“Will someone please explain to me what the logic is behind sentencing the child of a criminal to death when it is illegal to sentence the criminal to death?”
Abortion in the case of incest is wrong for sure unless the crime also includes rape, which it often does.
However, in the case of a violent rape (not of the statutory) type, I can see how the woman could view it as a continuation of the attack since part of him was still inside her. Just as the woman would be justified in using deadly force against the attacker at the time of the assault, if she viewed the pregnancy as a continuation of the attack, she would have the moral right to use deadly force against the fetus as well.
If you want abortion criminalized, like I do, the fact is that your going to have to compromise on this rape issue.
As for myself, I’m against killing under all circumstances with the exception of self defense or the defense of another (such as one’s family). I’m even against state sponsored killing...