Abortion in the cases of rape

Why would you want to justify abortion in ANY case? Abortion is murder. Abortion is the very question that got Cliff Stearns unseated in our recent primary election. He was asked if he would support that life begins at conception. He said he supported that life begins at "viability", but never could come up with an answer as to when "viability" was exactly.

This is the kind of muddy waters created by these kinds of questions.

 

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Abortion should never be legal.

 

Yes, all abortion should be legal through the 2nd trimester.

 

And what portion of scripture would you base this position on?

 

What would you call it?

 

Sounds like the Romney side step.

 

Ethel Waters used to sing "His Eye is on the Sparrow" at Billy Graham crusades.

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I can easily understand why no woman would want to have a child that was the result of rape, but I think it is important to remember the child is innocent, it is the rapist who is guilty.

There are many thousands of couples looking to adopt children, I believe this is a better answer than abortion.

Even if a woman is raped, it is a heavy burden to abort one's own child. I believe such a woman would be much happier if her child was adopted by good and caring parents.

My 2 cents.

 

LE, so what? Do you believe that if Ethel's mother had the opportunity to abort she would have? Or do you believe that if she'd never been born no one else would have ever sung "His eye is on the Sparrow" to the blessing of crowds of people? This sort of thing is a very shallow reason to make abortion illegal.

Scarlett, you have the opinion closest to my own, only I can tell you what I would do: I'd explain what abortion was, how it was done, what it might mean to my daughter in the future in terms of her physical and mental health and that the child within her was innocent of the crime. And then I'd support the decision she made without recriminations of any kind.

(and then I'd likely hunt down the %@$(@^! who dared to touch and do violence to him)

Bilwald, abortions used to be ignored/allowed until the point of "quickening": ie, the point that the baby's movements could be felt by the mother. That normally happens around 14 weeks. IMO, this is a better cut off point than the the end of second trimester when arguably and with great help a fetus could survive outside the womb. Nowdays, women likely know they are pregnant by the time they miss their first cycle (3 or 4 weeks). There is no need for abortions after 14 weeks, unless the health of the mother or alternately the health of the infant make it such that continuing the pregnancy would result in greater harm rather than less harm to either.

 

That is an exceedingly sorry and sinful position for a Christian to take!

 

I understand what you are saying. Sometimes problems experienced in person are totally different than in the abstract. However, I believe that is the reason some issues like abortion must be addressed apart from the personal experience you pose. Abortion is the slaughter of an innocent child and that is wrong and a sin!

In 1988 Gov. Dukakis ran against George H. W. Bush for president. Gov. Dukakis was opposed to capital punishment. He was asked, whether in a debate I can't remember, if he would hold the same position for one who murdered his wife. His answer was yes. I believe that was actually the principled answer but may have been one of the things that caused his defeat. He came across as devoid of emotion but again he stuck to his principles.

 

Even if consensual it is still rape, is illegal in most states, and should be punished!

 

What does the health of the mother mean? Her life or inconvenience. With the medicine of this day I doubt that the life of the mother is a real issue. Tim Tebow is evidence of that!

 

Its a rather cheap one-liner but I must ask: We don't execute rapists in this country do we?