Abortion & the Problem of Rape

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Your exact words, “I don’t believe a woman is like a machine, getting pregnant despite her trauma.” There is no “sometimes”, “always”, or “never” anywhere in that statement. You very clearly claimed that getting pregnant despite trauma makes a woman “like a machine”. If you want to say that you misspoke at this point, then say so, but those are your own words. No one is putting them in your mouth.
 
Go back far enough and I’m sure we all were the product of rape in some instance, abortion is never acceptable.

If a mother doesn’t want to raise a child she had with a rapist, there is always adoption. Why should a kid die because his dad was a scumbag?

-Kindest regards, James.
 
Maybe there needs to be a way of giving up for adoption where the child is not permitted to contact the mother. Kind of like a restraining order maybe.
 
FatherMerrin - Abortion is not permitted by the Church in ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, human life, no matter how lowly, and no matter the circumstances of its conception, is precious to God. What is however imperative, is that everyone, INCLUDING Catholics, and Catholic organisations, rally round in support of both that mother and her child. That when the child is born, if the mother really feels she cannot love and/or take care of that child, the community should take over the caring and loving of both, with ‘ideally’ that baby being adopted by a loving couple, and nurtured to adulthood.
 
I’ve had strong feelings football teams would win. I’ve lost money too, lol.
 
Can the documents about the birth and circumstances surrounding the birth be sealed?
 
Can’t comment on different parts of the world but I’m fairly sure in the UK any birth certificate is a public document, we don’t do fake birth certificates when people adopt, you get an additional adoption certificate and at 18 you can apply for your birth record.
 
I imagine giving babies away that you didn’t want to see again (for whatever reason) worked better in the past without social media or DNA testing and when the adoptive parents were less likely to be honest with their children about their origins.

With social media it’s not hard to track down potential relatives. Even if the mother avoids social media herself chances are there will be other traceable family members.
 
God bless you both. Prayers for you both as well. That must have taken a lot of courage. Congratulations and my admiration on doing the right thing! My best to you both.
 
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