[cyborg]

I do not like abortion, but people will have to realize that abortion will never go away. Not for this issue of rape which is maybe 1% of all abortions, but that's how the world is. :shrugging: potential to be fertilized IS NOT being already fertilized but we can disagree on that issue.

I do not think every woman who gets pregnant gets rosy and warm and fuzzy about getting so by rape(as much as the christian right may want that to be). Some women do not like abortion and will give the baby up for adoption and to them they were never pregnant. I think this is a complicated issue and it doesn't boil down into little formulas as some would like it to.

[sojourner]

I agree that abortion will not go away, and personally I don't think it should. Abortion should be legal, but only with the tightest restrictions (i.e., only when the mother's life is in danger).

I don't know how I would feel about being pregnant due to rape, though certainly it would be an emotional far cry from being pregnant from my husband. However, I believe that I would also feel compassion for the life in my womb (whether or not I am immediately aware of it) and would want to give that life a chance. Think of it as the ultimate response to the violence of rape.

This issue may be complicated, but I think the natural world gives us moral laws to guide our thought processes and decisions.

[sojourner]

I will try to follow this discussion, if there is more to say, but may also have to attend to some domestic duties. I'll check back later, if not right away. Peace.