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Originally Posted by Katie
So if, God forbid, your wife was violently raped and became pregnant from that rape (yes, senator Akin, that can happen) you would want herf to carry that child to term and give birth to it......a daily 9 month reminder of that rape?
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Considering how my wife was conceived, she's even more pro-life than I am. It's because of her that I'm even a little leery of my once held "only in cases of rape and incest" exception for abortion. I used to feel that in most cases abortion was in fact very selfish. Someone's poor choices in their sexual life means that a child's life is forfeit? Really? Not taking necessary precautions before the fact and then just destroying the consequence of that inaction seems wrong, BUT in the case of rape that choice is taken from the woman, and thus the abortion seemed less selfish.
Then I think back to my wife, and if her mother had thought that way, I wouldn't have her. Or my son. Yes, the fact that she was conceived by such a vile act was evil, and against her mother's will, but there is some good to come of it. Heck, in trying to convince me away from my view, Angela and I have talked, and if, heaven forbid she did conceive via rape, she'd carry the baby and put it up for adoption...because she knows that any life, no matter how it got here, is precious.