Is rape an exception for abortion?

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I didn’t know where to put this so if it’s in the wrong category, please let me know or if you are able, move it. But thought our Christianity would come to play. Please know I’m not asking this question, a young girl wanted to know if rape is an exception for abortion. Also said if the baby is carried to full term and the baby delivered, wouldn’t you relive the horrible event over and over for nine months prior to delivery?<— Perhaps that’s a question for a Therapist or Counselor.

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Morally, rape is not an exception to commit an act of violence to an innocent person. The child is innocent of how it was conceived and it does not change the fact that it is a human person with an instrinsic right to life. Aborting it would still be in violation of God’s commandment to not kill innocent persons. The perpetrator is not the child. It is the rapist who deserves to be punished.

For the mother coping with the situation I think would require a view of self-sacrificial love. Especially if she has no husband to help her raise the child. She would also need to realize that the child is from God despite how it was conceived. The child is like any other created in the image of God and is not defective or tainted in any way because of how it was conceived.

If she could not raise the child then adoption would be the next option. But never is killing an innocent human life because of how it was conceived an option. If it were then it would be perfectly acceptable to kill people based on how they were conceived regardless of age.
 
One thought to consider - what did this child do to warrant “execution!” Arguments are often made with regards to the violent and immoral act perpetrated upon the mother but we fail to remember that this child is not responsible for those acts.
 
randirhoades said:
I didn’t know where to put this so if it’s in the wrong category, please let me know or if you are able, move it. But thought our Christianity would come to play. Please know I’m not asking this question, a young girl wanted to know if rape is an exception for abortion. Also said if the baby is carried to full term and the baby delivered, wouldn’t you relive the horrible event over and over for nine months prior to delivery?<— Perhaps that’s a question for a Therapist or Counselor.

Love ya’ll lots,
Sheila is my real name and :blessyou:
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Hi Sheila 🙂

I believe the Church teaching is that no abortion is not allowed in the case of rape.

Also from what I heard, it seems that many women actually dont find that having the baby is an additional trauma to them - but many who’ve had abortions, do find that this was an additional trauma to the rape. If someone was supportive of abortion after rape, I would say that the abortion doesn’t undo the rape, it doesn’t at all help the situation, it adds another victim AND more pain to the mother. It doesn’t make the pain go away. I’d advise counselling instead of an abortion to deal with the feelings, and would advise having the baby.

God bless!
 
There is no grey area in regards to abortion. Regardless of the circumstances ,abortion is an intrinsic evil,no exceptions,
 
The baby is a living thing, why would you kill the baby? Because it brings traumatic experiences to the mother?

If I was driving and a little toddler ran to the street and I avoided it but crashed killing all the people in my vehicle except myself. And every time I see this child I relieve the traumatic experience of having all my passengers, say family and close friends, killed. Does that give me the right to kill the child so I won’t see him ever and I can move on?
 
randirhoades said:
I didn’t know where to put this so if it’s in the wrong category, please let me know or if you are able, move it. But thought our Christianity would come to play. Please know I’m not asking this question, a young girl wanted to know if rape is an exception for abortion. Also said if the baby is carried to full term and the baby delivered, wouldn’t you relive the horrible event over and over for nine months prior to delivery?<— Perhaps that’s a question for a Therapist or Counselor.

Love ya’ll lots,
Sheila is my real name and :blessyou:
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The child deserves to die because the mother will be traumatized?

I’m sorry, that’s simply not adding up.

I’m not allowed to go around killing people who bring back bad memories for me. Either it’s a child or it’s not. If it is, why does that child deserve to die?

you need to read this:townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/2012/03/26/i_used_to_love_her_but_i_had_to_kill_her/page/full/
 
What’s going to cause trauma is relationships with men and marital intimacy.
 
randirhoades said:
I didn’t know where to put this so if it’s in the wrong category, please let me know or if you are able, move it. But thought our Christianity would come to play. Please know I’m not asking this question, a young girl wanted to know if rape is an exception for abortion. Also said if the baby is carried to full term and the baby delivered, wouldn’t you relive the horrible event over and over for nine months prior to delivery?<— Perhaps that’s a question for a Therapist or Counselor.

Love ya’ll lots,
Sheila is my real name and :blessyou:
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According to both major presidential candidates it is. To the church it is not. Yet many Catholics will forsake the teaching of the church and justify voting for one or the other.
 
Absolutely nothing would make abortion right.

As traumatic as the conception may have been, the unborn is ALWAYS innocent. There is a reason for their existence just as there is for yours or mine. Nothing – rape, incest, whatever – would be acceptable reasons for killing an innocent life.
 
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According to both major presidential candidates it is. To the church it is not. Yet many Catholics will forsake the teaching of the church and justify voting for one or the other.
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I must correct this notion. While Romney is not as strongly pro-life as some would like, he is far more pro-life than our president. That reality along the party lines is the case with most elections. We can never fool ourself into thinking that because a candidate is not 100% pro-life, it’s an open choice between the two, and we must never give that impression. Doing so causes scandal and is simply wrong. We must always vote for the lesser of two evils, and in this case, that’s Romney (and almost always the republican in every other race).
 
Reasoning I have heard and used is…

Does someone deserve to die because their bioligical father was a rapist?
I also know someone who was conceived in rape, (an avid pro-lifer) And I cannot look him in the eye and say his life is any less of value than my own. Because it’s not… Each human life is of the same value, regardless of race, gender, or how that person was conceived. Why create another victim in a horrible situation like rape. Also, abortion creates 2 victims… Mother and child. Why put the mother through the trauma of abortion… something that will pain her forever and leave a lasting scar. Also know conception upon rape, which is yes very serious, is also extremely rare. The last number I heard earlier this year I think from Fr. Mitch Pacwa was 0.3 percent of women who are raped will conceive. It does happen- but each human life is of value, and the child does not deserve to die because of how he or she was conceived.
 
Not at all. A human life is indeed precious, no matter how it was conceived.
 
randirhoades said:
. . . a young girl wanted to know if rape is an exception for abortion. Also said if the baby is carried to full term and the baby delivered, wouldn’t you relive the horrible event over and over for nine months prior to delivery?<— Perhaps that’s a question for a Therapist or Counselor.
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There’s always hope that emotional pain will lessen with time, but when a baby is murdered in the womb, what hope then does it have for its own life?
 
Dear Friends,

I am pro life regardless. I was asking on behalf of the girl who asked this question in the first place. I agree with all of you. It doesn’t matter how a child comes about. It’s still murder in my eyes and I told the girl that.

Also, and I’m going to be hard core here is that I’ve been raped twice. No child came from it and in my thinking if there had, I would no more abort it than anything. Also too, I remember in my Parochial High School years ago the subject came up in theology class and I seemed to be only one that said I would not abort it. Well, the kids looked at me like I grew 5 heads and I heard disgust sounds come from some of the guys. It was horrible. I still stuck to my guns then. And I stick to my guns now. No abortion, no matter what. A life is a life.

Love ya’ll lots,
Sheila is my real name and :hug1:s
 
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