I’ve talked with a lot of women who have had abortions and a lot of women who have been raped.
With counseling, rape victims are generally able to recognize that they were victims of a violent crime that wasn’t their fault.
On the other hand, women who have had abortions eventually must face the reality that they were the perpetrators of an act of violence against an innocent baby. They have a much harder time coming to terms with this.
Women who abort children of rape have the hardest time of all because they eventually have to deal with the fact that they took their anger out on an innocent child. Many of these pregnancies come from date rapes where the woman chose not to pursue charges against the rapist and the guilt of that is incredibly difficult for them to deal with.
That is beautifully and clearly said.
And what happened to me (actually twice) was a sort of form of date rape.
Freepmail coming your way.
Women who abort children of rape have the hardest time of all because they eventually have to deal with the fact that they took their anger out on an innocent child. Many of these pregnancies come from date rapes where the woman chose not to pursue charges against the rapist and the guilt of that is incredibly difficult for them to deal with.
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It makes sense that this would be the case in abortions following rape. It's very sad.
Good post. I have a dear friend who was kidnapped and raped at age 14. As you can imagine, a horrific experience, but it did not result in a pregnancy.
On top of that her family was dysfunctional, and she went on later to get pregnant by her boyfriend at age 18 or 19. He did not want to marry her and she had nobody to turn to, so she opted for an abortion.
She is now in her 40’s, and is dealing with all of this pain and sorrow. One might think the trauma of the kidnapping and rape was the “big” thing, but it wasn’t. As bad as that was, it’s the abortion that has torn her apart the most.