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Originally Posted by Shearwater
To call rape 'a loveless act' in my opinion is a blatant understatement.
I really can understand the women who do it. - Imagine: would you like to be phyiscally reminded of something for 9 entire months that willl probably leave you mentally traumatized for the rest of your life?
Even if the baby is healthy and all, I would rate the mother's well-being higher than the development of a potential person. It's not something like the "death penalty" for the child, it's the mother's attempt to regain at least some control over her life that was destroyed by the act of rape.
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I understand what you are saying but three things should be noted:
First the child is totally blameless in this, yet it's the one that pays with it's life to make someonefeel better,
maybe?
Second, since we're talking about late term abortions the mother has already survived being reminded of it for many months already. I'd say the damage is already done.
Lastly abortion is certainly no cure all. As we have read in the links posted earlier the guilt lasts far after the stitches are healed.