what is your opinion on this statement regarding abortion.....?

Question

BILL NAPOLI: A real-life description to me would be a rape victim, brutally raped, savaged. The girl was a virgin. She was religious. She planned on saving her virginity until she was married. She was brutalized and raped, sodomized as bad as you can possibly make it, and is impregnated. I mean, that girl could be so messed up, physically and psychologically, that carrying that child could very well threaten her life"

Answer 1

She should be allowed to have an abortion if she wants. But, then again, every woman should have that option.

Answer 2

First of all, sodomy generally doesn't result in pregnancy

Secondly, as a religious person, she would understand that having an abortion is wrong.

Studies have shown that a woman who has an abortion suffers from that knowledge for a very long time and often needs far more counceling for the abortion than she does for the rape.

Let me ask you a simple hypothetical question.

You are a Doctor that performs abortions. Two women come into your office. Both are devoutly religious. One is very wealthy, the picture of health and has the means to provide everything her child would ever need and want. The other is frail, drug adicted and is one of the lowest members of society, and chances are she will never be able to give her child anything but the barest essentials in life.

Now, you must give one of them an abortion. . . which one will it be?

If you chose the first mother. . .Congratulations, you have just rid the world of one of the most horrific people in history, Adolph Hitler.

If you chose the second mother. . . you just deprived the world of the mastery of Leonardo Di Vinci.

No one knows what any child will grow up to accomplish. I am sure many people would use my story to justify "taking the chance" on aborting Hitler.

Very few people could argue that there are many Hitlers being born, though the news would have us think otherwise, but there are far more good people in the world, there always has been.

We must err on the side of life. Unless there was a 100% chance that both the mother and/or the baby will die if allowed to come to term, then abortion is not an answer.

Before anyone gets the idea that I am saying this because the girl isn't my mother, daughter, sister or other female family member, I say are you sure this hasn't happened to my family or someone that I know and care about?

I would give the same advice to anyone who asked, family or not.

Answer 3

I think that the trauma of the Crime committed against her more than likely would have already messed her up, physically and psychologically.

I think that decision would have to be between her and her parents, you say she is religious, I am sure it would take a lot of prayer for her to decide, I personally would not dis-allow abortion in cases of Rape. I don't think many of the Pro-Lifers that I know would either.

That does not mean that I condone Abortion! If she did decide to abort in THIS case, I would say that the responsibility for the death of the baby would mostly rest on the abductor.

You also never know what the Child would end up being, maybe if put up for adoption, it could be the person that finds the cure for Cancer. It is not the girls fault and it is also not the babies fault.

Peace!

Answer 4

If the girl was "religious" then it's also possible killing her own child could mess her up and threaten her life.

I wonder why the double standard... if abortion "should be an option for every woman," but is "abused too often as a form of birth control," aren't those contradictory? If it isn't murder and there's nothing wrong with it, how can it possibly matter how often people use it? This paragraph is in response to another answerer's musings, by the way... not to the actual question.

Answer 5

I do not consider the person making this statement to be pro-life. Either abortion is murder, or it is not. If it IS murder, then the fact that another horrible crime was committed does not justify it.

The unborn child is always innocent and never deserves to die for the crime of her father. We wouldn't kill an infant because her daddy was a rapist, would we? Then why is the child in the womb fair game? Futhermore, abortion only increases the grief and trauma of a woman who has been raped. SHE becomes the aggressor, hurting another innocent victim the way she was hurt, and the knowledge of what she has done will haunt her long after she has healed from the rape. In the case of incest, abortion allows the perpetrator to cover up the evidence of his crime and continue it. Anyone who is interested in becoming better informed about rape and abortion should read:

http://www.afterabortion.info/Victims/index.htm
http://www.family.org/fofmag/sl/a0039249.cfm
http://www.deathroe.com/Pro-life_Answers/Answers.cfm?ID=31
http://www.afterabortion.info/PAR/V2/n1/RAPESUM.htm

Anyone who doubts that abortion is in fact murder should take a look at:

Photos of Abortions, Including 1st Trimester Abortions:
http://www.cbrinfo.org/Resources/pictures.html

A Four-Minute, Must-See Video on Abortion:
http://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-4-video.html

Photos and Facts About Prenatal Development:
http://www.justthefacts.org/clar.asp
http://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-2-prenatal.html
http://www.studentsforlife.uct.ac.za/foetal%20dev%20photos.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3847319.stm
http://www.lifeissues.org/ultrasound/11weeks.htm

Pain Perception in the Unborn:
http://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/fetalpain.html

Pro-lifers, be consistent or please don't call yourself pro-life. If you say you are "pro-life with exceptions," you are really pro-choice. You simply want to reduce the number of people who, in your mind, should have the "choice" to abort their children. Is abortion murder, or is it not? Is the murder of an innocent person ever right? Please think through these issues carefully.

Thanks for the question.

Answer 6

Or the child could become to her a symbol of hope and grace - that a baby so beautiful could result from an act so horrific. The baby could give her meaning and purpose and companionship in her old age. You assume that carrying a child is a curse and not a blessing.

Also, why should the baby pay for the sins of his father with his life? What has the baby done wrong in this senario?

I wouldn't presume to make the decisions for a woman in her situation, but I do assert that taking a baby's life, no matter how horribly the child was concieved is murder. What you are suggesting is like slitting a child's throat because his uncle, or father, or priest is a pedophile... it doesn't make any sense, it's wrong!

Answer 7

This is my Church's stance on it:


"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes in the sanctity of human life. Therefore, the Church opposes elective abortion for personal or social convenience, and counsels its members not to submit to, perform, encourage, pay for, or arrange for such abortions.

The Church allows for possible exceptions for its members when:

• Pregnancy results from rape or incest, or

• A competent physician determines that the life or health of the mother is in serious jeopardy, or

• A competent physician determines that the fetus has severe defects that will not allow the baby to survive beyond birth.

The Church teaches its members that even these rare exceptions do not justify abortion automatically. Abortion is a most serious matter and should be considered only after the persons involved have consulted with their local church leaders and feel through personal prayer that their decision is correct.

The Church has not favored or opposed legislative proposals or public demonstrations concerning abortion. "


I agree with that.

Answer 8

I disagree.

Most people that have abortions are not rape victims. They are regular people like you and me. They get pregnant at a time that they believe is inconvienent. They would rather sacrifice the baby than sacrifice themselves. By that, I mean that to carry the baby would be the right thing to do, but it would be inconvient.

Not only would it be inconvienent, it could be embarrasing. Everyone would know that the woman had sex...and if she isn't married? It would be more embarrasing. It would be hugely embarrasing if the woman was so active sexually that she didn't have a clue who the father was.

We know that Ameriacan's don't like inconvienence or embarrasment.

It really isn't about rape victims at all...it is about convienence and covering up the truth.

Answer 9

It's a very overemotional attempt at justifying the murder of one and a half million unborn American babies every year -- especially when we consider that the number of abortions due to the reason Napoli describes is virtually zero.

Less than 2% of all abortions have to do with the so-called "hard cases" -- cases involving rape, incest, or the health of the mother.

Over 98% of them are what some people call "elective" -- and what I call "selfish."

That is why abortion is nothing short of a modern-day holocaust. It is utterly evil.

Answer 10

It's a good argument, but it's hard to convince religious people of anything that might contradict what their pastor or priest said on Sunday.

As for putting the kid up for adoption as another moron on here asked, would you really want to put someone who has been raped through the pain of pregnancy and birth? What kind of sick bastard are you? Let the woman live and move on from the rape instead of having to suffer the additional pain of having an unwanted child.

Answer 11

I believe in women's choice. I don't understand what the big debate is about. The embryo cannot be "alive" at conception. This girl, in my opinion, can opt to have an abortion. Think about a freshly laid egg. Is an egg "alive"? Does it have a life? No. You are only killing multicellular cells that are not developed. It is not even taking a life.

This is another reason I'm turned off by Christianity. A RED BLOOD CELL has more life than a fetus that has no heartbeat or brain.