How can people justify forcing women to carry to term a baby conceived against their will in violence (Rape)?

Question

I agree with the view point that it is not the babies fault for the method of conception, but the other thing to bare in mind is the mental anguish not only to the mother for having to raise a child forced upon them, but also how that would affect the child itself.

to be blunt, the men answering this question have the right to an opinion nothing more.
even if they were subjected to rape they would not have to suffer the anguish or misery of carrying and giving birth to a baby. and they have no right whatsoever to tell a women what to do in that aspect.

Answer 1

Termination seems like the less of the two painful options for the child - a surgical pre-developmental death as opposed to growing up unwanted and possibly resented by the mother. Neither is good.

For people who would take that right away from the mother, would those people really pay for her medical expenses, take the child, and raise it for her. Probably not! If they would, we wouldn't have children sleeping in social offices in record numbers.

It's put up or shut up..... if someone is willing to tell the mom she doesn't have the right, then they need to be willing to financially and emotionally support that child - regardless of how it impacts their standard of living.

Answer 2

chloe,

Some of the responses you receive will be based on a persons core beliefs, some will be based on what they have heard is correct.

I am a Catholic. But, the Church did not have to compel me to believe that a fetus is a child, a baby. I just "know" that it is.

With that in mind - the baby didn't choose that situation either. If there is anyone in this horrible situation that has absolutely no control of the outcome it's that child. I don't mean the act of rape itself, I'm talking about the aftermath of this hideous crime. I mourn those babies that did not have an opportunity to breathe spring air, to see clouds rolling in the sky, to be a classmate with someone whom they 'adore', whom they love intensely, to grow to adulthood and live the life that was started for them.
How a man can commit an act of rape is beyond my comprehension. It is barbaric and the trauma probably lasts until the victim is gone. But, to inflict death on a baby, on one who was totally helpless, is not the answer. I would hope and pray that adoption, at the worst, is the option of choice.

Answer 3

First I would like to ask you, who does that? No one. Most pro-lifers will say except in the case of rape or incest. If abortion was only done for rape victims, about 99% of abortions would never happen. I am against abortion especially as it's used in America, as a form of birth control for selfish people. That being said, there are women who were raped and had their baby. It's still a part of them and an innocent human being. Adoption is always an option. There are choices.

God Bless.

Answer 4

First, you're probably talking about two separate groups of priests. They're not all cut from the same cloth, you know. Don't generalize.

Second, most priestly liaisons, when they occur, are with women and girls. The headlines are only about boys because the public is apparently fascinated by the idea of men having sex with boys, if for no other reason than because it's the exception, not the rule.

And third, homosexuality and pedophilia are two separate conditions. Again, they only make the front pages when they happen to overlap.

Answer 5

I think they argue it this way: It's not the baby's fault either.

I think that Plan B has the potential to be very helpful in these situations. Women who are very religious and don't want an abortion don't have to get one, but they can still prevent pregnancy, since Plan B stops the fertilized egg from implanting and a common view among more religious people is that life starts from implantation.

Answer 6

Ask them!

They say that the baby is innocent of the father's crime. On the same hand though, they would oppose the death penalty and forgive the rapist if he accepted Christ. So the only one's who get screwed litterally and figuratively on this one are the woman and the unwanted child. Oh sure, it will be born, but what life will the mother give it? Resentment? Poverty? Abandonment?

Answer 7

How does killing a baby make it right? I dont think forcing people to not murder their own offspring is evil. I think murdering the offspring is evil. Rape is an unfortunate event, but the child doesnt deserve to die because his father is a scumbag. You also may want to consider statistically how many women lie about rape. Wouldnt that suck if the Duke Lacross stripper turned out to be pregnant, killed her baby, then after it was dead everything came out as a hoax!

Human life is worth more then our temporary comfort. Women who cant love their children despite who the father is are disgusting human beings, period.

Answer 8

I always think it's so naive of so called "pro-lifers" to state that "in the case of rape I believe a woman should be allowed an abortion."

Consider the statistics - the tiny minority of women who report rape and of those, the tiny minority who actually succeed in achieving a conviction!? (after a desperately traumatic trial) Not to mention the length of time it would take for the case to get to court!

If you were to make it law how do you determine who was raped and who wasn't?

Answer 9

If you believe the baby is worthy of moral consideration, the circumstances of its conception are irrelevant. No one would say that you have a right to kill a baby left on your doorstep because you shouldn't have to deal with something which was dumped on you. It either has a right not to have pain and death inflicted upon it, or it doesn't; and that isn't affected by how much it upsets or inconveniences you.

Answer 10

Fascinating, almost all your answers that are in favor of a raped woman being forced to carry the fetus are from men. How appropriately asinine of them.