DélioPT said:
Torillian said:
DélioPT said:
The government is protecting the other innocent in the story.
From a certain perspective i think it`s good that the system doesn`t encourage decisions based on suffering. Be that abortions as a consequence of rape or any other kind of consequences. To me, one of the objetives of a any government is to guide people do the best they can; to be the best they can, despite the circumntances.
By not allowing abortion in this case, it also helps the victim to try and not fall victim to despair, a despair that would have consequences that the person couldn`t take back ever.
I know that what i`m saying might sound strange but i hope you can understand what i`m trying to say here.
In the end, it`s bad enough what happened, let`s not make it any worse.
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I would suggest that you are the one making the situation worse. I have to look at it in terms of human suffering. A fetus that is never brought to term will never feel pain or fear the impending doom. It'll just die before it got a real chance at life, unfortunate but that's an option that should be up to the rape victim. On the other hand forcing a woman to take a rape pregnancy to term will cause real human suffering in the here and now. It's a choice between two shitty options, but it should be a choice none the less.
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It`s not because it can`t express feelings or other signs of humanity that it should be treated with less dignity or respect. That would be unfair.
She will suffer no matter what happens. Do you believe that she wouldn`t suffer with the abortion? There is no easy path once the evil is done. To me, the only solution is try and be above the situation. Because, rape or not, any person who is put in a situation of suffering can embrace it and rise above it or give in to it even more.
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It's not about dignity or respect, it's the simple fact that the fetus cannot live without outside of the mother, and she should have the choice of if she's alright with that. If we ever come up with the technology to transfer a pregnancy I think that'd be the best of both worlds, but right now we don't and I'd rather err on the side of choice over life, simple as that.
But you don't know what they need to rise above it, being forced to take the child to term could just as easily be the thing that drives her over the edge and makes her commit suicide. Maybe she could have gotten over it if she wasn't forced to carry a reminder with her for 9 months. We can't know what is the right thing for the woman at that moment, and therefore we should leave the decision to her.
She'll suffer with the abortion no doubt. I don't expect the decision to be taken lightly, but it should be her decision.
