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To: Huntress
This girl is an innocent human being, too. She did ask to be raped, and she did not consent to conceive and carry a child. This is a rare case, and one where her rights trump those of the unborn child, IMO

In cases like these, the 11 year-old can't reliably consent either way, and that's the problem. It's easy to assume that she's better of having the abortion but she can't consent to that, either. Consider if, instead of accepting the choice that was made for her, she decided that she wanted the child she was carrying and considers the baby's abortion the murder of her child. What kind of crime would that be against her, compared to the hardshiop of forcing her to carry a child she doesn't want?

36 posted on 08/30/2006 4:21:42 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: Question_Assumptions

You're right. The ability--or lack thereof--of an 11 year old to consent is a big problem. But I am much more comfortable with that decision being made by her parents than by someone who doesn't know her and just wants to impose their ideology on her.


40 posted on 08/30/2006 4:27:09 PM PDT by Huntress (Proud owner of Norman/Norma, the transsexual cat.)
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To: Question_Assumptions
What kind of crime would that be against her, compared to the hardshiop of forcing her to carry a child she doesn't want?

Well, that might kill her. She's eleven.

45 posted on 08/30/2006 4:32:29 PM PDT by ahayes ("If intelligent design evolved from creationism, then why are there still creationists?"--Quark2005)
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