If your wife was raped, would you make her have the baby?

[speedsix]

If your wife was brutally raped by some low life scumbag, would you insist that she carried the baby to full term and give birth to it? This is a serious question because this point was brought up by some politicians recently. I think personalizing it by making it your wife instead of some stanger is a more honest way of looking at things. Everyone is someone's wife, daughter or mother.

 

[GBuck]

No, I'm not going to be the one to force my wife to endure that torture.

 

[mrjarrell]

Not a chance. Same applies to any female in my family.

 

[Evermoore]

Whoa... That is a HUGE can of worms bro.

But no.

 

[bobzilla]

It's not my choice to make. Not yours. Not Joe's. Not Dick. Not anyone but hers. I might have some input on her decision, but it would be her choice and her choice alone. Everyone else can go **** themselves.

 

[Clarity]

Aaaannnnnnnddddddd, Goodnight Mr. Mourdock.

 

[findingZzero]

I'd never marry a woman who needs me to tell her what to do.

 

[SEIndSAM]

This thread won't last long. This is one subject that has no business on a gun discussion board. You will never change anyones mind.

 

[Constructionist]

I don't make my wife do anything.

 

[SaintsNSinners]

not my choice, but I would strongly encourage her to... Plenty of people out there who wish they could have kids.

 

[Cerberus]

I wouldn't have to force my wife to keep it, she would make the moral descision on her own. She is more anit-infanticide than I am.

She is of the "2 wrongs never make a right" mindset.

 

[Que]

This is a very contentious subject and I hope the discussion goes well.

 

[GBuck]

Can I make a plea that we stick to answering the question, and not delve into other thoughts on the topic?

 

[mrjarrell]

Can I make a plea that we stick to answering the question, and not delve into other thoughts on the topic?

^^This.

 

[SaintsNSinners]

Maybe a way to overcome the shame anger and other feelings about the rape is to see the smile on another face when you make her wildest dreams come true, and bless her life with the child she never thought she would have.

Rape happened its bad
you can either accept the bad and be stuck with it or perhaps outshine the bad with a perpetual good that endures.

What happened cant be undone but the situation will be defined by what is done afterwards.


Love conquers all.

 

[HoughMade]

I don't force my wife to do anything. However she shares my values and I am certain she would choose not to impose the death penalty upon a truly innocent life.

I'm not going to pretend that such an issue would not be painful, but if we determine our values based upon only how it affects "me" and not on principle....we have no principles.

Politically, this is a false issue. Does anyone really think that the pro-abortion crowd would support a ban on all abortion except rape, incest and to save the life of the mother? Of course not. Conversely, no matter their personal beliefs, I don't know of a pro-life person who would not accept a ban with those conditions simply because it will save lives.

 

[speedsix]

This thread won't last long. This is one subject that has no business on a gun discussion board. You will never change anyones mind.

Neither do most of the threads in the political forum. It's politics and recent politicians have made this question valid. I'm not trying to change anyone's mind by simply asking a question.

I think the responses so far illustrate why Mourdock's comments did not sit well with voters.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Would not make her. Even as horrible as it would be, I do not think she would be able to abort the baby.

 

[HollidaySlim]

I like many others here cannot force my wife to do anything. That said I believe she would terminate the pregnancy and if she asked my opinion I would advise her to do the same.

 

[eldirector]

It is all about perspective.

Can you look at your soon to be stepchild (assuming your marriage survives the rape and pregnancy) and tell them that they should never have been born, are unloved, and unwanted?

As for Mourdock's comments: I feel that they were more about his religious beliefs than about "rape babies". Fortunately, we can't really get into that on this forum.

Note: I am playing Devil's Advocate here, and doubt I will contribute much more to this thread. This topic gets way to close to INGO's "line" for me.