[SoothingDave]

Rape is a red herring. Women receive drugs at the hospital to prevent pregnancy when they are treated for rape.

Sorry, Pappy. Those "drugs" are chemical abortifacients. The fact that a pharmacist rather than a surgeon kills a baby, doesn't make it any more right.

SD

[AppyPappy]

Sorry, Pappy. Those "drugs" are chemical abortifacients. The fact that a pharmacist rather than a surgeon kills a baby, doesn't make it any more right.

Except that you don't know if a child is present or not. So technically, it's not an abortion.

[onedoug]

Strong point. Might not the aspect of such a tragedy though, lie in what were more "life affirming"? Where the rape might not have been preventable, this psychological aspect may be, which could well involve the potential to shorten the life of the mother.

Very tough call, either way. I'd pray that prayer could even keep a single such instance from happening.