uh, what makes you think that the guy who decided it was ok to rape someone is going to rational and fair and agree to "pay reparations, and/or adopt the child"?
Do you have a vagina? I find this argument pretty lacking in empathy towards victims of rape and incest. It's basically telling them "sorry you had such a shitty break in luck, now suck it up".
Do you realize that for some rape victims, a resulting pregnancy is a constant reminder of the violence that was perpetrated against them? Perhaps they don't want to risk the chance that the child will have violent tendencies that the father had. An abortion is one way for them to purge the "filth" from themselves and find some kind of closure. It might not be the closure -you- would choose for yourself, but why take away that choice from others?
What I don't understand is how anyone can consider abortion murder within the first three months of pregnancy, when the thing created by sperm meeting egg is really just a ball of cells that couldn't survive outside of the womb. It is a parasite that couldn't survive outside the mother's body, and an abortion is the necessary step to remove it in this case. This is not the same as killing a 6-yr old kid.
Sort of off topic, but I think this is a pretty good article on why abortion should not be regulated by the government, or pretty much anyone else who isn't in your immediate family:
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uh, what makes you think that the guy who decided it was ok to rape someone is going to rational and fair and agree to "pay reparations, and/or adopt the child"?
Do you have a vagina? I find this argument pretty lacking in empathy towards victims of rape and incest. It's basically telling them "sorry you had such a shitty break in luck, now suck it up".
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Do you realize that for some rape victims, a resulting pregnancy is a constant reminder of the violence that was perpetrated against them? Perhaps they don't want to risk the chance that the child will have violent tendencies that the father had. An abortion is one way for them to purge the "filth" from themselves and find some kind of closure. It might not be the closure -you- would choose for yourself, but why take away that choice from others?
What I don't understand is how anyone can consider abortion murder within the first three months of pregnancy, when the thing created by sperm meeting egg is really just a ball of cells that couldn't survive outside of the womb. It is a parasite that couldn't survive outside the mother's body, and an abortion is the necessary step to remove it in this case. This is not the same as killing a 6-yr old kid.
Sort of off topic, but I think this is a pretty good article on why abortion should not be regulated by the government, or pretty much anyone else who isn't in your immediate family:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/artic