Re: [wanabidii] Is Rape A Good Excuse For Abortion?

Banda,

I agree with you completely. The Morning-after Pill should be the
first resort in a case of rape. If that is not possible, bear it and
carry the pregnancy then give the baby up for adoption. You do not
want to bring the kid up and be reminded of the rape forever. That is
the kindest thing to do for that kid. People have been known to
mistreat kids they bore from rape.

Courage,
Oduor Maurice



On 8/23/12, Charles Banda <chasbanda@gmail.com> wrote:
> Should abortion be permissible in cases of rape? That's jumping the gun.
> Before we discuss the propriety of abortion in the specific instance of
> rape, let us first establish a moral baseline by discussing the propriety
> of abortion in general.
>
> I want to be very clear: In my own opinion, abortion is a *TERRIBLE*thing.
> Now, I would not rush to make abortion illegal, since that only seems to
> make things worse, but the idea that unborn children can be flippantly
> murdered in cold blood is just simply NASTY. Nowadays, you can not get away
> with murdering a useless cat; You can not get away with murdering a dog;
> you can not get away with murdering an innocent lizard, and in most
> jurisdictions, you can not even cut down a tree without running afoul of
> the law.
>
> So why then should anyone get away with murdering a defenseless unborn
> child? On what grounds, exactly, might that level of cruelty be excused? By
> what moral reasoning might a dog rate higher than an unborn infant?
>
> Anyhow you look at it, abortion is a *TERRIBLY WICKED* thing to do, which
> is why we should not be encouraging it as a society. While I would not rush
> to criminalize abortion, I would work overtime to build a society where
> unwanted pregnancies, and the need for abortion, are utterly minimized.
>
> (a.) If you don't want a child, grab a condom.
>
> (b.) If you forget, or if you give in to indiscretion in a moment of heat
> and passion, use a morning-after pill to side-track pregnancy while it is
> still early.
> (c.) Finally, in the unlikely event that everything fails, take some
> *PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY* for your own recklessness and have the baby. If
> you don't want the child, you can always give him away for adoption, the
> same way that Steve Jobs, or Babe Ruth, or Malcomn X, or Marilyn Monroe, or
> Mark Twain, were given out for adoption.
>
> Nobody should be cutting up the limbs of a 3-month old fetus. Its nasty and
> cruel and *REALLY BARBARIC*, and it is really selfish to presume that a
> woman's "choice" to save face after a reckless sexual choices supersedes
> the baby's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
> If you are pro the life of a cat or a lizard, the least you can do is be
> pro the the life of an incubating human being.
>
> Moving on ...
>
> Should abortion be permissible in cases of rape then? I frankly have no
> clear answer. Rape is a horrible crime, and carrying an offspring from rape
> must be extremely nauseating. I can not even begin to imagine how traumatic
> that would be.
>
>
> Yet, I can not help but ask: as horrible as rape is, is slaughtering an
> innocent child any less horrible? I really don't know that it is. In my
> book, people are people are people are people, whether they are tall or
> short, rich or born, black or white, born or unborn. An innocent child
> conceived from even rape is in my opinion also entitled to life, to
> liberty, to kindness, to dignity, and to the pursuit of happiness.
>
> So should it be acceptable to abort babies conceived from rape? A YES
> answer is not completely satisfactory to moral sentiment.
> So if someone is raped, and they don't want a baby, I think they should as
> a matter of urgency to take a Morning-after pill the very next day.
>
> Anyway, those are my thoughts. Yours are welcome.
>
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