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OK, so the "They made the choice already" doesn't apply then. Because they didn't make the choice already.
Correct. One cannot be held accountable from a personal responsibility standpoint when one is coerced or infringed upon. That is a typically very strong argument against abortion that does not apply in the exceedingly rare event of a rape pregnancy.
Applies very well to the overwhelming majority of cases, however.
Your position is that they should be required to carry around and feed a person they didn't in any way choose to have there. Why?
My position is that the rapist inflicted harm and the rapist should be punished.
The unborn child has done nothing wrong and you cannot justify aggression against a third party for something someone else did to you. Pregnancy is self-limiting and it is not a disease. There is no need to kill anyone. I don't think the solution to a problem that began with violence is for the victim to lash out even more violently at someone else.
I think aggressive homicide is a worse thing to perpetrate against another innocent human being than rape. Generally, our system of criminal penalties reflects this.
It would be completely understandable if the mother wanted to give the child up for adoption.
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