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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]"no child conceived in rape is innocent"[/b]

As a rape victim myself, I find this statement extremely troubling.  Perhaps it was just spoken in anger and pain, but I cannot let it go without comment.

A child is innocent of his or her parents' sins and mistakes.  A great deal of evil is visited on innocent children around the world and throughout time due to this mistaken idea that they share the blame for something they did not do.

Should children of rape and incest, when discovered, be executed?  What about children conceived in anger, or revenge, or oppression, or dishonesty, or spite?  Or should they just be ostracized, hated, and ignored?  What about those conceived out of wedlock, or within an unhappy or unbalanced marriage?

No, because they are innocent.  They are children.

Those who are unequivocally pro-life believe life deserves protection from the moment of conception (not implantation) to the moment of natural death.  So causing an abortion of a newly conceived life is the moral equivalent of executing a newborn because her father was a rapist.

This mother put her beliefs in action.  Her daughter agreed with her decision.  All of the mother's children are adopted, and her daughter who was raped may have resulted from rape herself.  She made her choice, and she made it with love.

The death penalty is a separate issue, because it does not involve innocent life.  Saying all children conceived in rape deserve to die is depraved.

For the record, I am pro-life and against the death penalty, and [b]I would do what that mother did[/b].[/quote]

Question to those of you who 'would do what that mother did'.

Say, your daughter did get pregnant as a result of rape, carried to term and had a child.

Would you want her to keep that baby, knowing full and well that she won't be able to take care of the child properly, or will you recommend putting the child for an adoption?
Or would you raise that kid yourself?

I'm genuinely curious, since I would never do what that mother did. [/quote]

I am the PP you quoted, and it would depend on my daughter's wishes, her health and her age, her life circumstances.  I would do anything I could to help her and the baby, including raising the child myself.  Every option would come with its own difficulties, but every option would include protecting her life and the life of her child, giving both the best life possible.

It's not much different from any tragedy:  you pick up your cross and carry it.  You don't start executing innocent people.[/quote]

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