slytheringirl_92
LinyBeany
In the end, i think abortion is a terrible thing. Sometimes it's necessary and no, i'm not talking about rape victims. If the mother and child are going to die because the pregnancy is ectopic or the woman's body is rejecting the child and it's killing her too, then at least saving one life would be better than none at all.
Those are deemed "medically necessary" and is covered by most insurances including Medicaid.
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As far as the rape victim goes, she's already going to be scarred for life. It's not something that is going to heal. You may get better about living with the fact that it happened over time but you'll never truly get over it. It will haunt you in the back of your mind for the rest of your days. A pregnant woman knows that a fetus is still a life, whether she wants to admit it or not. If a woman got pregnant because of rape and got an abortion, then she would have to live with not only the memory of the rape but the innocent life she ended. So would it be worth going through nine months of turmoil and childbirth because of a horrible man who hurt her, to give the child up for adoption and let herself feel in the end, despite what has happened, that she was able to do something good? I guess that's up to the woman and what choices and consequences she's willing to face.
So you're saying that four years ago, I - a straight-A student with high hopes for college - should be forced to carry a pregnancy to term even though I don't know who the father is? I should have been forced to give birth to a child that I couldn't try to take care of, much less love? How is that remotely moral or just? Thankfully no child resulted from my rape, but I would at least have the option to terminate the pregnancy if it had happened. You also keep making the "life" argument. This has no real place here because courts and medical professionals have agreed countless times that a fetus isn't a person. Why are we having this debate still? Roe v. Wade happened in 1973, so the issue should be nonexistent at this point.
Of course they're "Medically necessary." There's no way, as of right now, to survive such a pregnancy. Hence, why I said "Sometimes they're necessary." With rape victims, they have a choice. However, in the past when I've said necessary, some people automatically jump to rape victims because they think it is necessary when it's actually a choice.
When did I say "A woman should be forced to carry an unborn child that has resulted from rape?" I said it's up to you to figure out which one would have actually been the most traumatizing for you. Hell, I ENDED my statement like this:
LinyBeany
I guess that's up to the woman and what choices and consequences she's willing to face.
I'm not for FORCING anyone to do anything. I'm not a very morally bound person, so I personally don't really care about what other people do. Even if it is outlawed you could still abort your child. It's not exactly hard in the early trimester. I'm just stating that just because you abort a child that is a result of rape, that it doesn't necessarily make your life any easier.
And just so you know, being pregnant does not stop your chances of going to college. Maybe they might postpone them but not stop them. I have a two year old right now. It hasn't stopped me from going to college or having a career. In fact, most of her life I was in the U.S. Army. Now, I'm getting my nursing degree and am not paying out of pocket either.
And I CAN argue the life point because I have been pregnant. They have argued on whether it would be humane, if it has sentience, and even be a "life." As far as the court systems go, I wouldn't say that they're exactly reliable. After all, a burglar can break into a house, fall on a knife, sue the house owners, and win. Innocent people have also gone to jail. We can't even comprehend what life is. It's all theories right now. They don't have actual answers. They're just stating their thesis. That's what doctors do. If they don't actually have an answer, they give you their best guess, but state it like its fact and ramble off reasons to support what is really a just hypothesis. If they came up and said "Well I don't really know whats going on but I'm guessing it's this," do you thing anyone would ever trust their opinions? Depending on the person, it can be anywhere between difficult to extremely easy to convince someone of something, whether or not you know it to be true.
I can say that when i was raped as a twelve year old child, I would have carried until term if i had found myself pregnant. I wouldn't have to keep the child. I could give them to a family that could survive and support him or her. And YES, as a twelve year old child I did think of things like this. That wasn't even the only time I have been raped and I still stand by my answer. Do I think it's for everyone? No. Some women can't even handle pregnancy physically, let alone mentally. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and choices. For every choice there is a consequence. That's all. So, if you had chosen differently, I would not have judged you. If you looked back and regretted it, that's on you, not me. If you didn't and were perfectly fine with your decision, good for you. We're two completely different people. I stated my opinion for two reasons. Reason number one is so that if someone IS thinking of it, that they know or are reminded that there isn't only one option for them. After that, the choice is theirs to make. Reason number two is, I'm honestly tired of people talking about pregnancy after a rape as if it's the most horrifying thing on the face of the planet and it would ruin the life of a girl. People ruin their own lives, not pregnancy. You don't even have to keep the child. I know plenty of adopted children who are glad their parents gave them up.
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