Quote Originally Posted by SilkAngel View Post
I believe that if God didn't want a person to be born, they would never be conceived. Therefore, I don't believe in abortion weather it is because they were raped, irresponsible or some other stuff they try to say. Adoption is the only option if you don't want your child; not abortion. If the mothers body isn't healthy enough, then they need to look at every possible medical way to get the baby delivered and not just jump to abortion like some women do.
Careful, that could be used to condone rape. If God wants everyone who's conceived to be born, then does that mean S/He (God) wants certain people to be raped, as he 'has a plan' for these people (conceptions)? I'm not sure whether or/not I support abortion in cases of conception via rape - it is clearly a grey area, and pro-life campaigners really should slow down and consider the wider implications of a continued pro-life stance.

When I think about it, the greater crime out if rape and abortion IMO is abortion, as I consider it akin to (well, actually) murder. However rape is a very heinous act, and it almost appears that pro-life campaigners give a light sentence to the rapist, and a harsh one to the person who got the abortion. A prime example is the 'Brazilian abortion', whereby a 14 y.o. girl was raped and became pregnant. Despite the fact she was probably going to die if she carried the baby to term, she, as well as her doctor who carried out the abortion, were excommunicated from the Catholic Church, but the rapist was not. A justification for this would be that the abortion was a worse crime from a Christian Catholic perspective, and the punishment for rape would be otherworldly, however it alsmost seems unfair and unjust that this rapist appears to have gotten away from his crime, while this girl, who had already gone through A LOT, had the further shame of being removed from the Church.

Again; rape conceptions are a grey area in terms of the morality of abortion. I tentatively stand by my pro-life stance for the reasons I have outlined above, but it is uneasy. No matter what your stance, however, RAPE CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED on any grounds, ever, even if you argue 'God must've wanted that because a baby was conceived'. Makes you think.