If you were raped and ended up pregnant, would you keep the baby?

being a survivor of rape I can say without a shadow of a doubt that I WOULD ABORT as soon as finding out i was pregnant..FOR ME PERSONALLY dealing with rape is difficult enough without adding to it the trauma of carrying your attackers child..I couldnt do it...Not to mention the fact that my two existing children would have a hard time with it..not becuase they are cruel or mean etc but because that child would be the result of someone hurting their mom which would be a very confusing and difficult thing to deal with even at their ages....

Nope not at all why on earth would I keep something that was conceived during an act of violence and hate!

i would advice the girl not to abort the child. she would regret the decision for the rest of her life. she may put the child in a foster home or have the kid adopted or have the child be in the orphanage. i am sure she will not regret for keeping the child. in the mean time she may go to a psychiatrist so that her anger and hatred may be resolved.

I would have to discuss it with my fiance but am almost certain he would be for keeping it. We may put it up for adoption, however, that would be an if it ever happened type thing.

Im sure Im going to get talked bad about this subject. I only have a few friends who agree with me. If I was ever raped and found out I was pregnant I would have to have an abortion. You have no idea what kind of disease the guy had and it could be transferred to me and the baby. Why bring a child into this world like this? But thats me.

I would honestly keep the baby, the baby is still a part of me and I don't believe in abortion. Of she doesn't want to keep the baby adoption would be the thing to do...

thats hard thinking having something that will always remind me of a sad/scary event! if ever, I will decide to keep the baby and start a good life!

it's a huge decision for her. but if that happens to me, i would probably keep the baby and have it adopted later. i'm don't really agree with abortion.

I would not keep it but it would be hard at the same time since I do have 2 kids that are so smart and adorable and the thought would cross my mind but I only plan on one more kid and I shouldnt feel obligated to change my plans of having some strangers kid just because he decided he want to come in and barge into my life.

I would keep the baby because it isn't his fault. She have to think that in her stomach there is a little human who will make her happy and i am sure that she will can pass over that horrible moment and she will love that baby. She have to take this like a gift from God, nothing is accidental.

I would have an abortion. I do not see myself wanting children to begin with, so I suppose that makes the decision easier.

She would resent her child that she is supposed to love and protect. That is not something she should be forced to live with every day of the rest of her life, when she has already had to endure so much. That itself will last the rest of her life. I'd have to give it up.

I would rather keep the baby because she has the right to live no matter what the outcome. But on second thought if i really don't like her or I'm hurt seeing her that it reminds me of what happend i'll be fine for an adoption.

Hiya beck, Me I would keep it I would not be able to see the situation any other way. Keeping the Baby would be my priority and bringing it up as any other as well. Regardless of the situuation it would see the light of Day and live a happy life like my others as well.xxx

I am pro-life as well, but I could understand a woman who wanted to have an abortion because she was raped. I would like to think faced with the same situation I could at least carry the child to term and give it up for adoption if I found I couldn't raise the child myself. But really, since I have never been in a situation like that I don't know what I would do.

that is a hard subject to really answers and she has to make the decision of what she will and will not do. NO matter what she will make the right choice and I hope things work out for her.

i was her. i got pregnant. i am now 5 mos. now. i wouldn't dare get an abortion. i dont believe in taking a life. i decide to keep the baby. i couldn't stand the thought of putting her up for adoption. i would always wonder if she is being taken care. what kind of person is the baby growing up to be. she has a choice she can either put it up for a adoption to give a family who will take care of it. she can keep it. she has to look at all her options, and do what is right for her.

well friend i think the best thing for her is to abort the child because the child has no future left.The child for no fault of his has to suffer so much in this lonely world.(I AM USING THIS WORD LONELY BECAUSE HE HAS TO EITHER GO TO THE ADOPTION HOME OR WILL BE BROUGHT UP BY SOME OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM) so dear friend the best way as per my thinking is that the girl should terminate her pregnancy all the best have a nice day.....

I would absolutely keep it. I just recently wrote an entire paper related to this topic for one of my English classes and when researching it, I found a study with some interesting results. It showed that more than 85% of women that had become pregnant as a result of rape chose to keep their baby. I think this is surprising because it has always been assumed that those women would not want to have a child in that way. As a matter of fact, abortion is only funded by the government in the case of rape, incest, or life endangerment. Yet, the majority of those women don't want to put themselves through even more trauma by having an abortion. And they see the idea of this baby being the positive side to what happened. Proof that they are survivors. A way to heal. Like many have already said, I would not blame that child for what happened, nor would I deny him or her the chance to live life or be raised a happy child. I would love him or her just as I do my other children. (great discussion, by the way!)

I would keep the baby yes. Because that baby is the most inoccent form of life there is. That baby cannot say it wants to live to see the world, as a parent you have to make the decision for it. If the child was to much of a memory of that horrific event I would consider putting it up for adoption, but I would never end the life of a defensless being.