Should abortion be legal in cases of rape?
Dave The Canuck
2012/08/19 23:16:40
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Lynn Gilmore 2012/08/20 02:22:21Yes
+4Abortion should be legal period, regardless of rape or not. Women should have the right to choose. This ain't 1950, America.
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The same goes for an 8-month-old or a 7-month-old baby. Even at 6 months, a premature baby has a decent chance of survival in an incubator with the help of tracheal intubation. No medical professional who takes the hippocratic oath serious and isn't a complete sociopath would perform a partial birth abortion this late into a pregnancy. It is their job and their calling to save lives, after all.
And yes, doctors -- medical scientists -- refer to a fetus as a baby once it is outside the womb, even if it's a mere 6 months old. People can no longer view a baby as less than human when they see a tiny person struggling to survive in an incubator. The little premie doesn't need another 3 months to mature into a human being, it already is one.
It's interesting (and disturbing) that people usually only use the term fetus for a several months old baby in a pro-abortion argument, and of course when they consider an abortion for themselves. Th...
The same goes for an 8-month-old or a 7-month-old baby. Even at 6 months, a premature baby has a decent chance of survival in an incubator with the help of tracheal intubation. No medical professional who takes the hippocratic oath serious and isn't a complete sociopath would perform a partial birth abortion this late into a pregnancy. It is their job and their calling to save lives, after all.
And yes, doctors -- medical scientists -- refer to a fetus as a baby once it is outside the womb, even if it's a mere 6 months old. People can no longer view a baby as less than human when they see a tiny person struggling to survive in an incubator. The little premie doesn't need another 3 months to mature into a human being, it already is one.
It's interesting (and disturbing) that people usually only use the term fetus for a several months old baby in a pro-abortion argument, and of course when they consider an abortion for themselves. The first step in every war is to dehumanize the enemy, because that makes it easier to kill him. An expecting mother who looks forward to holding her child in her arms knows full well that she doesn't carry a lump of cells or a parasite inside her body.
A happy expecting mother will say that she's with child or that she's carrying a baby, because that's exactly what it is after a certain point. In my opinion, this point is 3 weeks after conception, when embryonic neurogenesis sets in (i.e., when the brain and the rest of the nervous system begin to form). Something with a developing brain and human DNA can only be considered a human being, imho. And in case of a late-term fetus, there is simply no denying that we're dealing with a child that deserves a chance at life.
Sticky situations in medical ethics often consists of making decisions for those who cannot make them for themselves , ie what you mentioned, and vegetative states, etc. Also, I wonder if it is necessarily crucial to tell the child about the rape. If curiosity of the lack of a father is aroused, then the mother could say he is absent, he left and it is not an important matter to discuss, etc. I am sure many would still disagree.
Unfortunately, I am torn to be honest with myself and everyone else. With that said, I hate abortion and know it is wrong. There are still prevention methods like Rape Ax and the Plan B pill and even then, there is only a 5% chance of a woman getting pregnant after a rape incident, so with those in mind, perhaps abortion in this case doesn't have to be made legal.
Also, she could put up with it for a few months and give it to another good home is she wishes.
In the case of incest, the same principles would apply.
Because if it was illegal....what should be the punishment for the women?