(October 15, 2014 at 2:01 pm)Dolorian Wrote:(October 15, 2014 at 1:44 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Yes, people are responsible for their actions and must live with the consequences of their choices. The couple responsible for the creation of the new life is financially responsible for it.What about a woman who ends up pregnant due to rape? Where does responsibility comes into play?
The justification for abortion in the case of rape is the notion that carrying the pregnancy to term victimizes the woman a second time.
Rape is not the only crime that has lingering damages. A robber’s assault could leave his victim injured for much longer than 9 months, maybe even permanently. At least in the case of an unwanted pregnancy from rape, there is no actual injury, only the potential emotional trauma. I don’t mean to down play the emotional impact of carrying a rapist’s child, but at the same time we are balancing the life of one human against the mental well-being of another, as discussed in my earlier post.
It is important to remember that there are three parties affected by the crime: the rapist, the woman, and the unborn. The unborn was not a party to the crime between the woman and the rapist. If the unborn is indeed a human being, which is a biological fact, then to take away the life of an innocent human because of someone else’s crime would be unjust.**
** …which BTW is why I do not believe substitutionary atonement is the correct Christian sorietology.
