I just wanted you to know that all pro-lifers are not like the ones attempting to label you to fit their template.
This whole discussion reminds me of something that happened not too long ago. I recall the state of Idaho, back in 1990, had a proposed law that passed in their legislature and would have banned abortion except for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. Most people in Idaho favored that law. National Right to Life, Focus on the Family, and many other pro-life groups were in strong support of this law as it would remove 98% of abortions in that state. The pro-life groups mentioned tried to encourage as many people as they could to call into the govenor’s office and encourage him to sign it into law.
It failed because the govenor, under tremendous pressure from all sides, vetoed the bill. But, that’s not all to the story. There were other “pro-life” groups who vigorously campagined against the law because it allowed for the exceptions of rape, incest, and life of the mother. Even though 98% of all abortions would have been stopped - it didn’t matter to these people.
They felt themselves “true to the cause” of the unborn. Unswerveing in their principles and saw themselves as special arbiters of the pro-life cause.
I believe that some of the blood of all those babies who could have been saved since 1990 within the state of Idaho will be on these peoples hands. Yes, the govenor made the decision, but had the voices in support of the law been louder, perhaps there would have been a different outcome. But, they worked against the proposed law and helped to bring about who knows how many innocent unborn babies deaths - all because they couldn’t get everything they wanted. And, they felt very self-righteous about it too.
Yes, I agree that the child conceived by rape should not bear the punishment the rapist deserves. I think, should abortion laws ever return to only in the cases of rape, incest, or life of the mother, that the argument NOT to abort even in those cases could be made and that many, many women would probably choose not to abort - but, to force them to do so under such circumstances is never going to be accepted by society at large.
So, I guess I just wanted to encourage you to keep on speaking truth.
Thank you, I really appreciate your post.
It’s not like I want abortions to occur. It is killing no matter how one looks at it, it’s a tragedy.
However, there is just no way that I assume the right to tell a woman who was just raped and impreganted without her consent that she must no bear the child of that rape without her consent.
I would rather die myself than do that.
Certainly, I hope that she chooses to have the baby and either raise it or put it up for adoption. But not every woman will choose that, and I cannot say that I would choose that were I raped and impregnated.
I don’t know, I haven’t walked in those shoes, it’s hard for me to imagine that scenario.
But one thing that I know for certain is that her consent must be sought. I refuse, I absolutely refuse to be party in depriving her of that.