Quote:
Originally Posted by RandyWayne
It actually isn't a false scenario.... Just very very uncommon. We're talking a small fraction of one percent of all current abortions where it is TRULY the "mother or the babies life! Choose!".
A more disturbing occurrence for me is the other big allowance brought up which is "in cases of rape or incest". Sitting here it is rather easy to tell someone else that being raped is no excuse to kill the life within, but then I imagine a hypothetical situation where my wife was raped and pray to God that He gives me the strength to not drive her right down to the local clinic to get the perps "offspring" flushed down the nearest toilet as soon as possible. Incidentally pregnancy from rape isn't nearly as common as all the other reasons either.
|
I am not against abortion in all circumstances. Maybe because I have seen many young girls whose pregnancy was the product of incest. Girls as young as age 11, pregnant by fathers, uncles and older brothers. I do not think that on top of the trauma of having been sexually molested or assaulted these girls or young women should also have to undergo an unwanted pregnancy. Adding shame to their situation by saying that they commit murder, is cruel.
In the case of the life or health of the mother being at risk. PIH, DIC, eclampsia, severe medical conditions such as IDDM that are exacerbated by pregnancy or where the mother has to choose between not taking needed medication for her own medical condition or giving birth to a damaged baby from medication side effects as in cancer requiring chemotherapy or some severe seizure disorders, etc.
And lastly for genetic disorders or physical anomalies of the fetus that are incomparable with life such as anencephaly or severe heart defects.. To make a woman endure 9 months of pregnancy, explaining and reexplaining how her baby will die when born followed by the birth and death of the baby are just too much for most families.
To say that it is NEVER appropriate for a pregnancy to be terminated is just farther than I can go. I believe that a medical board could review each case and decide if termination is appropriate. It is commonly done for other controversial medical treatments.
However I in NO way support abortion on demand.
Threaded Mode
