If a girl is raped and pregnant, should she keep the baby?

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A little more research, and all you need is to transfer the zygote to the rapist and compel him to carry it to term and support it to whatever the age of majority is by then.

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More seriously, I know it is almost as gauche to mention it as it is to point out that a foetus does not magically turn into a baby, but still SOMEBODY ought to mention that, according to those I have talked to who have been through it, the terminated pregnancy woman does not always simply walk off cheerily whistling Dixie and looking forward to the rest of her fulfilled life.

Er, no-one's expecting her to. But it might help as not to exaggerate the pain throughout the rest of her life, particularly if her son or daughter doesn't turn out entirely normal.

This is what I like about the far right of religion all, judgement, demands and retribution.

Where in your post keet is there a shred of compassion or christian love for the woman in question, where is the understanding of the emotions involved in

1. Becoming pregnant through such a vile act, and the discordant feelings toward the foetus.
2. Carrying the foetus to full term and giving birth, then handing it over for adoption.
3. The continued angst that the mother will feel regarding her actions.
4. The damage a revenge homicide would cause in the woman's mind.

Now non of these emotions might be present the victim might embrace the thought of motherhood, or be quite at ease with handing the baby over for adoption, killing the rapist might be the best possible therapy for her.

What I would expect from a christian is rarely on show, that is a caring attitude towards the victim, non judgmental help and support for her to make a decision that suites her individual needs, be that abortion, motherhood or adoption, and continued support after the the decision has been made. As to the concept of revenge how I laugh at vengeful, war mongering christians.

This has to be the single most idiotic argument against abortion that I have ever come across. I used to think you were somewhat deluded. Now I know you are nothing but a fool.

The man's on the wind-up, you mong.

Compassion and love? Where are they? Far from me if they're demanded of me, and close by me if they're not. It's kind of like an abuser making demands of forgiveness from the persons they've abused, quoting from scripture about how the Bible says to forgive and therefore saying that the people that they've abused must forgive them. Forget that, that's what shotguns are for: dealing with manipulators who deserve to die.

I do feel sorry for those women who have been traumatized by such events, but I rather kill the actual offender rather than a child who's not at fault.

I might in my young and stupid days have been capable of compassion mainenance of my various dogmatic positions [for the record, this is all the dogmatism of a young academic atheist].

When however one has seen a person of very deep importance to one put into a new level of intolerable position [a series of drops into the depths] and observed first hand her state after the series of deathly strokes, rigidity absent compassion is not an option.

It's up to the individual woman, but personally I'm with Dessie on this one. Carrying the offspring of a rapist would be like having my own body turned into the rapist's tool, and even if abortion were illegal I'd risk frying my liver with pennyroyal tea before I carried a rapist's offspring to term.

luckily banning abortion is a pipe dream for the wicked few that venture so far as to judge without context.

i dont know about the us but i dont think any of the european countries would even think of seriously discussing the issue in parlament (or similar).

index of abortion laws around the world

The Irish (and the Northern Irish, for that part is in the UK) and the Maltese, especially, are very reluctant to change their abortion laws.

Hell, the Maltese have only just made divorce legal in Malta!

I definitely think adoption is the way to go if the girl doesn't want to/hasn't the means to keep her baby. She's doing what's best for it. Abortion is terrible in my opinion, unless it's to save the mother's life. Even then, it's sad that a human had to die.

I would say adoption before abortion definetly... but im trying to imagine what it would be like to be told when your so old that your not only adopted but your biological father was a rapist... heavy...

forcing a pregnancy will only cause resentment and misery.

what if no one adopts the child?
a whole life in foster homes and institutions might damage the child as much as the mother.

Sorry if you weren't doing that by purpose but the title has a question mark so it should've been clear that donnie was asking for your imput.

I actually have a friend who had a child product of a rape. She told me the law gave her the option. It was up to her to have the child or not. She received councelling to help her make the right decision. She decided to have the baby, and she is a good mother and loves her child, but not all women can do that. I think all cases are different, and if the woman feels she cannot stand the psichological pressure of having the child, she should abort. I think it is worst giving birth to an unwanted child.