Hypothetically people, so dont get all 'het up'
What if you sister, daughter, niece, cousin got raped (and lets hope that this doesnt happen) and ended up pregenant. Would you pro-lifers consider an abortion, adoption or bring the child up. Why?
Pro-choice people what would you do? Why?
Consider this carefully before answering honestly.
2006-09-06 06:49:22 · 46 answers · asked by A_Geologist 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The whole question of abortion is very easy to talk about and condemn, especially if you have never been in the situation thousands of women face everyday when they find themselves pregnant.
When a woman is raped and finds herself pregnant she has two choices(if she is lucky) and some woman are able to carry the child to term then either have it adopted or raise it themselves.
I was not one of the ladies who was able to do so.
If my father committed a crime after I was born then no it is not my fault, and I am not saying that it is the babies fault, but the scars that are left from pregnancy are there for life a permenant reminder of what happened. If my father raped someone I would also kill him. Noone says that it is the babies fault but I challenge anyone of you people who are so anti-abortion to be that way if(god forbid) you found yourself in the same situation.
I had an abortion and it was my choice.
Why should a rapists bloodline carry on?
A woman's body is her own, no one Else's and she owes no favours to a being that got inside by a serious wrong doing.
On saying this i do not agree that abortion should be used as a form of contraception which i find is happening more and more.
And for all you who sit in judgement whilst sitting at home safe and sound. It took a lot for me to answer this question with you it was just about typing it out.
2006-09-06 07:00:56 · answer #1 · answered by Emma-Kate 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Good question. I think it would depend on a number of things, first of all the age and lifestyle of the woman involved, a 13 year old high school student wouldn't be prepared to change the course of her life so drastically because somebody forced this on her, so I'd recommend the abortion. But if it was someone older, and more prepared to have a child, then maybe they could turn something horrible into something wonderful and have a child that they will adore. I think it would take an incredibly strong woman, and a strong support system to be able to raise a child conceived by rape without having negative feelings toward the child at some point.
I guess i hope to never have to help someone through this.
2006-09-06 06:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by simplyrelaxinginblvl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pro-choice here and if I were to get raped I would take the emergency contraceptive pill right after it happened. If that wasn't around I would have an abortion and wouldn't look back.
People say that adoption is the best option but no, it depends on the person's mental stability. Why should a woman have to carry something that was created through a horrible crime for 9 months and go through the pain of being pregnant and giving birth just to give it up to someone? Then there are people who say that women should keep the baby. I wouldn't want to look into the eyes of the child because that would be like living with my attacker and supporting my attacker.
2006-09-06 06:57:26 · answer #3 · answered by Scully 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Abortion is a difficult issue. Pro-lifers would agree that adoption or raising the child is the best option. Pro-choice people would be more likely to abort in these situations. From a religious perspective, allowing the child to have a good life is the best option since the child should not have to suffer for the father's sinful actions. Nevertheless, the rapist will ultimately be held accountable for his actions (in God's time).
2006-09-06 06:57:49 · answer #4 · answered by Big E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The morning after pill. I am pro life when it comes to partial birth abortion. Then adoption is always the best answer if it isn't wanted. People that argue over the morning after pill, don't make any sense at all. It's as if they just want to punish the person,as if they never have sex except to produce a child. When it comes to rape only the woman should decide. Some women could never look at that child without reliving the rape. Others could love the child and forget the past. The woman should have the final word.
2006-09-06 06:57:49 · answer #5 · answered by jackie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I personally got raped I would at least have the child...its still part me...I don't know if I could give him or her up or not. Oh yeah, I am pro life. The only way I would consider abortion is if having the baby would in turn kill the mother then I understand them making that choice............hypethetically, of course. But I do not believe that you should kill the fetus, or should I say abort the fetus,....forget that kill the fetus....It is there and I believe it is alive, a person, a human being. I know a person that was the outcome of rape.....my life is better with him around. Everyone deserves a chance!
2006-09-06 07:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by rainsparrow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand that rape is a terrible crime against a woman that leaves long lasting emotional scars. So Why should a woman allow the child of a rapist to remain alive? Why should she be burdened with a baby that was the result of a heinous attack by a scumbag?
Answer: If Your father committed an act of robbery, rape or even murder, should You be held responsible for the crime? In This case, put to death for those crimes???
The fact is Rape Is a horrible crime but that does NOT make it the fault of the unborn child! Why should that unborn child pay for its father's crime by being put to death???
I Don't think that the mother (the rape victim) should be forced to take care of the baby once it is born BUT there are families who Can NOT have children of their own who are Desperate for a child! Let the child Live! Let it be adopted by parents who will love it regardless of how it came into the world.
It's NOT the child's fault that his/her father was a scumbag rapist!!!
After reading another person's post let me answer This question too: "Why should a rapists bloodline carry on?"
There is NO proof that a child fathered by a rapist will become a rapist! A child from a rape that is brought up in a good home is just as likely to find the cure for cancer, write music, be a leader or just be a good person who helps others.
"Why should a rapists bloodline carry on?" = Revenge taken against an innocent by an angry woman who was raped. Understandable but Not Right!
2006-09-06 07:05:30 · answer #7 · answered by thart090 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If this happened to me, I do not think I could live with having the child of a man who violated me. I would support the decision of any female in my life.
When a woman is raped, her sense of power and control is taken away. She is entitled to reclaim control over her life, yet may be pushed and pulled to go to the hospital and withstand a forensic exam or go to the police and endure trial. At best you can encourage to do these things for her safety and protection, but if you drag her kicking and screaming to have doctors prod and photograph her, she only feels more victimized.
So this woman has to maintain a resulting pregnancy? To either raise a child or put it up for adoption if she is in no way prepared to deal with pregnancy (the illness, the missed work, the financial strain, explaining to friends, family, coworkers and strangers that no she's not married, engaged or in a relationship, so on and so on and so forth), much LESS is she emotionally, financially or otherwise equipped to enter parenthood, single or not?? If she cannot handle the unimaginable pressure on top of having been victimized, I absolutely support her right to terminate pregnancy. Just the same, if she chooses to keep the child, I would support her and the child to the absolute best of my ability.
I tried my best to keep this coherent, but I have so many strong emotions jumping out all at once.
2006-09-07 08:00:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming that the decision was made within 2 weeks of possible conception, all that's there is a bunch of cells. The best thing to do is to get rid of it. Firstly, it would be a bastard, second, the rapist (if he knew the girl) might claim rights over the child (once he's out of prison anyway). It is very possible that the girl couldn't afford the child so she and it would become social security scroungers and finally, we live in a desparately overpopulated world. The last hting we need is more children anyway. It's time for rationality in these matters. It's a tumour not a baby. Religionists try to persuade people to do stupid things that will lead only to misery for all. After all, who'd want (as a man) to take on a woman with a bastard?
2006-09-07 05:59:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Doesn't ANYONE screaming "NO ABORTION EVER" consider the fact that sometimes it's in the best interest of the mothers LIFE or HEALTH to terminate? And if it's absolutely... ABSOLUTELY certain that the baby will not survive outside of the womb for more than a couple of hours or days...? Or... what about an ectopic implantation pregnancy? Or fetuses who develop hydrocephalus? What then? Think, people. It's not black and white.
And if my female relative was raped, I would comfort her to the best of my ability and support her in whatever decision she makes. Not all babies of rape turn out horribly but sometimes the survivers do. I put the life and wellbeing of the victim before the potential survival of what, in the very beginning, amounts to a blob of cells.
2006-09-06 06:59:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋