Key word- "Most women" Not every will want to care for a child, will find it more traumatic then the rape itself, not every will be left without damage or trauma or debt from a c-section operation.. That's why allowing the choice and decision to the woman herself is so important.

no government should be allowed to make the choice for a mom, they are their own person, it's their body their choice. no one else gets to say anything about what they decided. also there are many complications c-sections can cause, as well as births, as well as pregnancies. the mother should always have the choice to save herself if something is wrong, because you can always make another baby, you can't make another mom.

No matter the circumstance, women should be in control of decisions with their own bodies, no woman has the same experience, and so many things could be prevented if we took the right steps and valued the safety and listened to the woman.

A woman's right to choose should be considered sacred. Forcing a woman (even children in some cases) to carry the life of their rapists child should be considered cruel and unusual. If a man was in this situation, it wouldn't be a question of "if it comes to an abortion," it would be "when is the abortion scheduled?"

A woman is not an incubator, circumstances do not have to be extreme for a woman to not want to birth a baby. The life of the mother is more valuable than a clump of cells, a woman does not at any point have to sacrifice her ideal life for an unborn fetus. In the event of rape no woman should ever have to carry her rapist's DNA within her and much less raise it. Adoption isn't a valuable option because there are hundreds of thousands of children already in foster care, pro-lifers who care so much about children can go adopt one of them.

While abortion offers many risks so do C-sections, and many young children who are not yet women also go through instances a rape and sexual abuse leading to possible pregnancy, leading to a possibly unsafe pregnancy that cannot be carried to full term. While abortion may be a sad experience for most, the actual act of carrying a unwanted child caused by an abuser is a traumatic experience within itself, one that no child, teenager, or women should have to experience. Everyone deserves a choice, no matter the circumstance, but even more so when the causing factors were out of their control.

The system that pushes these beliefs on women propogates isolated incidents of women believing that the abortion was more harmful than the rape that produced the unwanted baby. It is up to the choice of a woman whom had their body taken advantage of and given another being to take care of.

I think abortion should be a choice from the mother's choice if she want's to have an abortion or not. Especially if it's a rape baby. They should have the choice to decide if they wanna keep it give it up for adoption or abort it.

Women overall can choose if they want abortion. But women's mental health could deteriorate being forced to carry a baby that they never had the decision to keep or not. Postpartum depression is already bad for regular women, imagine it for women who couldn't decide if they wanted to keep the baby even if in the end they put in adoption. Should abortion methods be improved upon, yes, but should abortion be banned just for that, no.

Despite some of these opinions and experiences, women should always be given the choice no matter what. People who have children and are low income are very likely to no be able to support the children, and there are already too many children up for adoption. In addition, it is not fair to women to have to go through that, especially those who are very young such as in cases of rape.

Abortions are traumatic for some women, yes, but if you are underage and still live with your parents, most girls do not get a say in putting the baby up for adoption; most are forced to keep the baby and are stuck looking at a reflection of who hurt them. Most of the time, women who say abortion is traumatic are women who had to do it for medical reasons, such as their baby being doomed to die in the womb.

Excusing the banning of abortions by saying that some women find an abortion more traumatic than a rape fundamentally misunderstands the question at hand. Rapists thrive off of depriving women of the choice, and to deprive women of the choice to abort babies conceived in this manner forces them to go through a traumatic birth, where people will ask how they got pregnant, or why the father isn't in the picture. This leads to more trauma than would be necessary if the women had the choice to terminate the pregnancy, not to mention health complications. It isn't a matter of whether we should force women to abort, but whether they should still have the choice, and morally, the answer is yes.

A woman should have the right to do whatever she wishes with her body. A person should not have to throw away their life in order to preserve the possibility of another's that has yet to begin.

It is their body and their decision unless they want it they shouldnt have to give birth and be reminded of her rapist throughout the whole 9 months she carries his baby, like what a mind fudge. Her body her choice and honestly if youre not a female you shouldnt even have an opinion about this.

It is the women choice to decide to keep the rape baby or not.. rape or abortion can be traumatic for anyone. being a woman isnt easy as everyone assumes it is.. everyone sees women as objects and already go through a hard time with misogyny. there will always be a man that has a say but never a woman. adding to it, just because a woman has an abortion doesnt mean they got raped, or considered a "slut" .. at the end of the day the woman should decide what to do with their body and baby. not the government.

Abortion is healthcare. If a woman is raped and becomes pregnant, and she does not want to have the baby, she should have access to an abortion

I think that women should do what ever they want with their bodies and should be allowed to abort rape babies.

Women should not be forced to carry a child they do not want. If the current abortion methods are traumatic more than the act of rape that the woman had experienced, we should be working to make the process as painless and less traumatic as we can. Better medical procedures, and counselling that isn't just trying to talk to woman out of the abortion but offering empathy and methods to come to terms with what happened to them that led to this choice. Forcing a woman by taking her choice away simply because others believe rape babies can 'simply' be put up for adoption or that having the child is 'easier' should be considered cruel and unusual punishment. No one chooses abortion lightly.

Even if adoption is available, pregnancy itself is not a neutral experience. A person who becomes pregnant through rape is still being required to undergo months of physical, emotional, and medical consequences against their will. Adoption addresses parenthood; it does not erase pregnancy, childbirth, or the trauma associated with carrying a rapist’s pregnancy.

The claim that “most women say abortion was more traumatic than rape” is not supported by mainstream medical evidence. Large longitudinal studies from organizations such as the American Psychological Association and…  Read more research published in peer-reviewed medical journals generally find that most women do not regret abortions long term, and that being denied a wanted abortion is associated with worse economic and mental health outcomes.

Women should not be forced to birth a child that they did not ask for. There are many dangers of going through with a pregnancy, especially if they are at a young age. Additionally, the adoption system is overrun as is, and the child would potentially suffer emotional abuse.

I believe women should always have the choice to get an abortion weather they were raped or don’t want a baby. I believe women should always have the choice to get an abortion.

I disagree, it depends on how different people feel throughout the delivery and or abortion. Women should have the choice to either have a child or not, but if you decide to have one you should either let adoption be put into place or take care of a child.

a woman should have the choice to get an abortion, say if the woman was raped by a family member, she should have the choice to, and the baby would become an insest baby and be very ill. it is better to get an abortion than put the baby up for adoption for it to grow up and just think their parents didn't love them. and during an abortion, the baby is just a fetus and can not feel the abortion happening and the woman is put on medication so she can't feel it hurt or any discomfort. and actually, c-sections can be very dangerous, especially if not done correctly. they can also cause future medical issues. and say is the mother is 16 and got raped at a party, she is not ready and can not financially support a baby. it should always be her body her choice.

Woman who are raped shouldn't have to go through the hardships of childbirth when they were not prepared nor wanted to be pregnant.

A c-section is hardly an easy solution. Especially in the case of a child which when it comes to rape is a large portion of the victims. Would you want a 10 year old carrying a whole human life for almost a year, all to give it up for adoption. Pregnancy is a huge responsibility and hardship. And then to conclude it with the concept of slicing open her stomach as the easy solution. Imagine that was you and then rethink your position on the subject.

Many women can have so many other health complications with child birth that they should not be forced to go through because they were raped, especially minors, and our foster care system cannot protect all of the children it has as is.

Adoption isn't always the best system there are plenty of cases where the system and foster home fail on kid so there reason to bring some to this world when you now what they could got through.

rape babies shouldn't be allowed to devlop and should be aborted becuse would you want your 12 year old have to go through that? a girl can get her period between the ages 10-17 they should NOT have to go through a pregncany.

even if the children are put up for adoption most people don't adopt which leaves kids in the system for prolonged amounts of time. that isn't beneficial. we need to provide for the kids we already have in the world not worry about making new ones from horrible situations.

Although it might be easier for the women to go through a C-section, it would be cheaper to get an abortion and women won't have to go through with giving birth to a baby that holds bad memories.

Not only is rape traumatic but so is a C-section. Having the bare the child of your rapist does terrible damage to one’s mental health. Not to mention the child care provided for foster children is horrible.

A few responses. First, more easily available medical abortion interventions can reduce the trauma. Second, this is a fine enough point, but counsels toward choice. For some women, abortion may be more traumatic than going through with birth. No woman has an abortion without the thought crossing her mind that NOT having the abortion is an option. Let women choose, and many will choose life. Taking the choice away is cruel.

Rape babies can be put up for adoption, but abortions should be allowed for women to have if they do not want to birth a baby.

I feel like it all depends on what the mother feels and only if it was due to not giving the male consent. If she was drunk and said yes that is still rape as she was intoxicated. If she got pregnant and gave consent she should know what would happen if both her and the male didn't use protection.

Yes I agree, but to a point. Abortion is pushed upon a lot of victims as a form of "Knowing your options."

I am 50/50 on this. I believe if a woman wants to go through the process of having a baby, then she can, to a certain point. I believe it should be done before 10 weeks. If you are in your second/third trimester, then I don't believe in abortion because the baby is larger.

People who end up pregnant may not want the baby or may be way to young to have a baby so abortion should stay.

The option to set up a child for adoption and having an abortion is good. However, the outcome of an abortion can cause psychological trauma.

Rape babies should be allowed to be aborted, because it can be traumatic to give birth, especially if you're a minor. Not only that, but even if you give your baby up for adoption and have a c-section, you'll have the scars from the surgery to remind you of what happened.

your **** ing body your god damn choice, men don't carry babies that's up to women. But statistics don't really provide every individuals view.

Placing any type of ban on abortions will lead to problems unexpected or unaccounted for. Using the opinions of few does not take into account the experiences of others. Even though some women who go through abortions say it was more traumatic than the rape, others say keeping a child they aren't ready for is a constant reminder of the event and leads to worse trauma - for the mother and child. That's exactly why its called "pro-choice." So that women have the ability to CHOOSE the path that best suits them - weather it be an abortion or birth. We also already have a major…  Read more problem with adoption centers so if you were truely pro0life you'd put more attention and energy to the lives of the children already living. Not doing so is hypocritical and shows that you care more about the control over another's body than the actual lives it affects. There is also no such thing as "easily avoiding danger" when it comes to a pregnancy. There will always be factors to account for regardless of the method.

I don't care what anyone says I do not want to give birth to a rape baby. no need for my body to go through a whole pregacny with a baby I do not want. Not all adoption is good alot of people now days are absuive. that would cause the cold more harm then to never be born.