Reply #9: Irresponsibility? [View All]

Yes, it is irresponsible for a rapist to rape a woman. But it isn't the woman's fault, and if she chooses to do so, she should have a right to an abortion. Otherwise, you are rewarding a criminal and perpetuating his crime-because his faulty DNA is perpetuated, and the poor woman is stuck with taking care of the child or arranging for its adoption. And don't tell me the woman asked for it. I know of a girl who can't walk and has limited use of her limbs who was raped and became pregnant. Her mother was Catholic, but believe you me she had the abortion performed pronto, because there was a great danger the girl wouldn't live because of this attack.

I am pro choice because I'm afraid of pro lifers. They seem to think that every woman should bear a child in every circumstance, even that of rape. And I'm old enough to recall a time when a rape victim was held "responsible" for the attack, often simply because she was female, and obviously sinful (because of Eve, I guess). If you haven't known a rape victim, if you're not female and haven't lived in fear of rape, then I don't think you have a right to tell females who have that they must bear children.

End of rant.