Do you justify ABORTION when pregnancy occurs from incest or rape?

Personally (and I am a mother of 4) I don't think it is my place to justify it at all. All I know is it should not be used for birth control and it should only be allowed early on. Outside of those two points I really do not believe it is my place to tell someone what they can do with their bodies.

Well do you think that no one in the whole world or the city, state, or province will adopt the infant because he came from incest or rape? Are you going to tell the child that no one wanted him because his father raped his mother or his father and mother were brother and sister? Do you think that the mother is going to blame the baby for his father's crime? Many babies are adopted out because their mothers were too young or no one would have helped them raise the baby. Many before abortion because the mothers did not want the baby in the first place. Among these would be those conceived by rape or incest. And even these, there are many mothers who will keep them, and even couples who do not blame the infant for the sins of the parent and will adopt him or her. So do you think that those babies conceived by rape or incest are not adoptable or do you think that all the adoption agencies are going to close or that no one will ever love those poor little mites?

I think that if a lady gets raped she will be very upset afterwards. In my home country she could go to a chemist and get the morning after pill to avoid getting pregnant. If she doesn't she might find that she misses a period and then knows after testing that she is pregnant. She might go for an early abortion, like before 9 weeks pregnancy and so she might be able to have medical abortion. She would have to take 2 pills and these would abort her baby. I imagine that she would feel so sick at having a rapist father and having high emotion that she could abort when she would have kept her baby from a loving relationship. She could carry on with the pregnancy, give birth and then adopt the baby to a caring couple that wish to adopt. Some people would say the child would be horrified to later find out their dad is a rapist and he went to jail. Abortion is the ladies choice, it wouldn't be my decision though, I would adopt. I know of a country where abortion is illegal and through abuse a 9 year old girl got pregnant. The government allowed her to have an abortion probably because of her age. An unborn baby is always innocent.

Abortion is a terrible thing and I would always think in terms of the life that is trying to be born. However the baby was conceived is secondary to the life that is going to be killed by abortion.

I don't think killing someone is justifiable especially killing an innocent baby just for some reason. Killing is against the law of human and God. Whatever reason it is, we don't have a right to kill. God gave us life and that baby must have a future ahead of him but you cut it because of your unjustifiable reason.

In my opinion there are no circumstances in which I would justify abortion. I myself got pregnant against my will when I was 15 and could never kill an innocent child for the wrongdoings of another. In the circumstance of rape, there is alway the morning after pill. If this is not an option I think the baby should be carried full term and if the mother still doesn't want the child she can turn to adoption for couples that can't have babies. I am extremely against partial birth abortions because the process is absolutely devistating! I know that everyone is different, but if someone gets pregnant, think about the bible! Maybe that child has it's purpose here and should not have it's life taking because someone else done wrong to cause the conception. I think that all types of abortions should be illegal everywhere, other than the morning after pill, which isn't abortion, it just prevents conception of the child if hasn't already happened it will in no way harm the baby if it has already been conceived.

hi zatak! well, my views are not my own but guided by my faith. so if we based on scriptures, nothing could justify abortion. it could be that God has a purpose that the child is to be born. well, i do not want to judge people who had abortion either. it is their call. and it is their responsibility. we will all know what could have happened when we face the judgment seat. take care and God bles syou!

My first and foremost view on abortion is kind of feminist…I fail to understand why a woman, against her will, be forced to carry on something inside HER OWN BODY, for an act in which a man was an equal partner as well. And if medical science can come to her rescue, why should she not take that help? The above said, in rape or incest abortion is permissible coz in the global scenario, apart from the baby, the ‘unwed’ mother is unacceptable to many societies. Secondly in societies which does accept unwed mothers, it would be too much of a mental strain on a lady to first accept and live with rape/incest and then go on and love the resulting baby as her own. In other cases however, I find abortion stupid and heartless coz with so many options of contraception available, why should one go to so much trouble!

Don't want an abortion? Don't have one! Really a very simple concept isn't it? This is really one of the most polarizing social issues of the past 40 years, it shouldn't be. It is a medical issue and one that is between a pregnant woman and her medical providers. It is not between society and the pregnant woman. Society has no business in the decisions a woman make with regard to her body or in determining whether she remains pregnant. In the case of incest or rape this is particularly true. Both are traumatic events and neither should result in a demand that a woman continue a pregancy. A woman who has been raped should be given the option of Plan B at the hospital. Plan B has a high probability of preventing any pregnancy from ocurring. No woman should be put at risk of pregnancy due to a rape. Incest is a different issue. If the woman was raped by a family member than the same holds true, Plan B or abortion must be an option. If she was a willing participant there are other issues including the viability of the fetus. Nevertheless, these are not the only two incidents in which early abortion must be avaialable. Early, through the first trimester, abortion must remain a choice. It is not anyone elses business what a woman determines to do with a unwanted pregnancy. While I might not make the same choice, it is not my decision to make for another. While I might abhor the irresponsibility of a woman getting pregnant accidently, accidents happen and the choice of ending the pregnancy early must remain. Late term abortion must also remain an option where the life of the pregnant woman is at risk. We must remove the idea that the life of the unborn is of greater value than that of the fully realized born woman.

i do not think it is right for a person to abort a baby just because they do not want a kid or its not the right time of there life. i think that is wrong and they should be responsible for there actions. but if its a situation like that i could understand doing it. that was not the girls fault and i think it would be acceptable in that case.

Well in the case of incest especially i more than support the female that opt to have an abortion. Do they really want to be carrying their father's child? Their brother's? Yes i know the baby is innocent but that is more than a little bit close when it comes to bloodlines in a family. As for rape it is up to the individual woman. Perhaps she can overcome the fact on HOW the child was conceived but at the very least it is her option and also one i understand.