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The statics have been quoted by almost everyone in every abortion debate ever.
1% of all abortions are from rape survivors.
Even though it is one one-hundredth of all abortions performed, it seems to be the most grey area of debate. Most people who consider themselves "pro-life" even believe abortion is okay when the woman is raped. The women who go through rape go through one of the most awful experiences this sinful world has to offer. I don’t want anyone to think I overlook that fact. The things I am about to say is because I love children and women, all while believing both have rights.
So what's wrong with this popular pro-abortion argument? Killing children is killing children no matter how people try to rename or justify it.
Even well-known “pro-choice” advocates agree that the baby in the womb is a human being.
Some would argue that “the traumatic experience of rape may have left the individual with a mental health defect resulting in it being more humane for the mother to abort the baby.” This “mental health defect” is most likely depression or anxiety, which can be mild to severe.
Those are serious issues, but is abortion the cure of them? Does killing a child make the emotional effect of being raped better? How is murdering someone who had nothing to do with what happened supposed to keep the emotional toll from getting worse?
What if the woman decided to go through with the pregnancy, then decided the emotional effects were too strong, and killed the baby after he/she was born? The same child could have been legally killed just a few month before, so why not then? Because it is wrong to kill children no matter what kind of emotional stress they put on a woman.
Some argue the “pro-choice” argument, especially for rape victims. But think about why rape is wrong. The woman did not have a choice to have sex with the man or not. He forced something to happen to her that she did not want to happen. He didn’t ask. He didn’t give a choice.
Abortion is much more moral than rape because it gives the baby a choice, right? Right…?
David Platt argued against this idea of “pro-choice” in a recent sermon saying, “"You are not 'pro-choice' about rape… So why are you 'pro-choice' about killing children?"
I want justice to be served when a rapist attacks a woman. I want him in jail or dead, because of justice. The baby that is conceived because of the terrible act does not make the baby terrible. He/she should not be killed because of something they had nothing to do with.
The "right" that a woman should exercise after a rape is pressing charges on the demented pervert who assaulted her, not sucking an innocent baby out of her womb piece by piece.
The "right" that a woman should exercise after a rape is pressing charges on the demented pervert who assaulted her, not sucking an innocent baby out of her womb piece by piece.
When a child is killed because he/she is the result of a rape, they are being treated like an STD. They are the unwanted effect of something that happened, therefore they must be terminated. Human life is not an STD, it is a gift from God.
Every situation is different and I cannot say what a woman should do with her child once he/she is born. Rather, there are many options.
1. Keep the child. This is the most ideal option. The child will come to know unconditional love from the mother.
2. Adoption. For those who feel the emotional effects of keeping a child that was a product of rape are too much, adoption is always an available option.
3. Foster Care. This can be a short-term or long-term option. Short-term could give the mother time to gather financial means to take care of the child or even give time to think about what it means to have a child.
Within all of these options, there are sub-categories of options like different kinds of custody for keeping the child and different types of adoptions.
If you have been raped, seek counseling. At least talk to a friend or family member about it. Contact the police. Keeping it bottled up inside is the worst thing to do. Do not let this defeat you. Don't let the same man dominate you the rest of your life because of only a moment in time. But you can't rise above it all alone.
The most important thing to remember if you have been raped is that you are still loved.
What happened was not your sin. You had no say in what happened. God has not given up on you.
The same goes for anyone who has had an abortion: you are still loved.
Jesus bore your penalty for the abortion. He loved you before He even made you, knowing that would happen. God has not given up on you.
1. Keep the child. This is the most ideal option. The child will come to know unconditional love from the mother.
2. Adoption. For those who feel the emotional effects of keeping a child that was a product of rape are too much, adoption is always an available option.
3. Foster Care. This can be a short-term or long-term option. Short-term could give the mother time to gather financial means to take care of the child or even give time to think about what it means to have a child.
Within all of these options, there are sub-categories of options like different kinds of custody for keeping the child and different types of adoptions.
If you have been raped, seek counseling. At least talk to a friend or family member about it. Contact the police. Keeping it bottled up inside is the worst thing to do. Do not let this defeat you. Don't let the same man dominate you the rest of your life because of only a moment in time. But you can't rise above it all alone.
The most important thing to remember if you have been raped is that you are still loved.
What happened was not your sin. You had no say in what happened. God has not given up on you.
The same goes for anyone who has had an abortion: you are still loved.
Jesus bore your penalty for the abortion. He loved you before He even made you, knowing that would happen. God has not given up on you.
God’s grace is sufficient to help anyone through anything; that even includes an unplanned pregnancy caused by raped.
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