if you got pregnant because someone raped you..would you abort your child?

I would get an abortion whether I was raped or not. I never want kids and I absolutely never EVER want to carry one.

"friends afterall that child is your own blood too." It may share my DNA, but it'll never be mine.

I think such pregnancy must be aborted as this is not the result of mutual understanding. Abortion should be at initial stage only when child is not grown up shaped one. Different people have various opinions. Some lady do not like to have the child some like and welcome such cases. Birth of a child should be based on mutual understanding. In rape case it is not so. There is compulsion of a girl. Though child has done no mistake.

I would never consider abortion no matter how bad the consequences of my pregnancy is.It's not the child's fault that his existence was brought about by a misdeed. The worst that I could do is to put him up for adoption if I can't really stand his presence in my life.

That would be a horrible thing to have to go thru, but I pray that I would have the strength to do the right thing and have the baby. It would be hard, but I look at that baby as being God's child and He has a special plan for him/her. James Robison is a tv evangelist/missionary who was conceived out of rape. His mother decided to have him and keep him. She raised him in a Christian home and now he is married to a wonderful Christan woman, has children and spreads the Good News of Jesus Christ around the world along with feeding hungry children. Thank God she did not kill him before he was born!

NO NO NO!!! abortion is like murder. give the unborn child a chance to live and experience his life and all the beauty of living. but i remember some one, i think my professor said that it is very rare that rape victims gets pregnant. so i guess if someone got raped there is only a slim chance that that someone will get preggy. :)

Abortion is one of the ways irresponsible persons resort to because they think the child (a product of a bad experience such as rape) would be a big burden to them. Personally the innocent child should not be blamed because of the outcome of the bad experience.

No personnely myself is not going to give the birth of that baby... i believe baby inherits more qualities from his father... and if the father will be like that then how the baby will be... and the second reason is every time the bay face will recall me that incident.. so i am not going to birth that baby....

I would give the child to be born his father should be punished thought for putting you in this situation. But the child must be given the chance to live no matter how bad the father is. There is still hope that the child could grow a better person than his father is.

I think every woman should have the right to choose whether to abort with any pregnancy. I don't think anyone should have to get a stamp of approval from ANYONE for their choice and reasoning process, nor be told that she should carry the child and then put it up for adoption later. There are about 3700 abortions every year in the US. Statistics show that LESS THAN HALF of children placed for adoption are actually adopted. Many living in foster care are abused and mistreated. There just are not enough people out there (who want to or can afford to) take on the already unwanted children, let alone the nearly 4000 ADDITIONAL babies that would be born per year. It should always be a personal choice only. It is nobody's else's business but that of the pregnant woman. Birth control fails...each of my three children AND two miscarried children were the result of failed birth control, and although I value my children more than anything else on earth, if I could go back 22 years knowing what I know now about the world and life in general, and having experienced the things that I have...well, let's just say that I was supposed to be aborted and I have often wished my parents would have followed through with it. I think sometimes it is much more humane to abort than to bring a child into an existence of pain and suffering.

That is a hard spot to be in, and I understand why many women would choose abortion. I could see problems arising from keeping the child, because of the difficulty of being a single mother, and possible resentment towards the father being aimed towards the child. I believe that I would seek out an adoption agency to find an adoptive family, since many couples are waiting to adopt babies and would not have any anger that I fear I would have.

I would never. I don't believe in killing something that is apart of you regardless of any circumstance. -Lora

id have an abortion.

hi djmarion, if you ask me honestly my answer is yes that child must be aborted. One cannot live whole life with a horrible memories. Rape is a crime and it should be dicouraged at all level. If some one accept this baby than this may not be thre result of rape .Than her will and wish would also be the part of it.Though child is innocent but is the result of crime and will not able to face world like normal child.

Being a normal social being, I would support to abort the child. Because the child is the black sign of the deed and it will always make you to remember the rape.

I'm sorry but I most certainly would abort...Reason being, dealing with rape on its own is absolute HELL...Being raped turns your entire world inside out and upside down and thats not even getting into if charges are pressed and you have to go through court proceedings....Being pregnant from your attacker would be far too much for me to deal with...Theres no way I could do it...MIND YOU if it werent for the fact that I AM a survivor of rape then maybe I'd have a different outlook but since I am and I know what it is capable of doing to you there is no way I'd go to term...

It's easy to be said than done. I'm sure this would really be difficult for someone to handle. The fact that the baby is also from your blood but not from your own will is a feeling you could not take. Of course the baby does not do anything to you but causes you a trauma. The person in this situation would need most support from her family and friends. Abortion is not the answer to this. Prayer, support and justice will be the most important thing. Hopefully there would be no one to suffer from this situation.

I think that if the women wants to abort it then she should, and its a same that she is judged and labeled a "murderer" just because she doesnt want to have a child that was forced upon her in the most horrible way. If i was raped and got pregnant, I would abort it, because I'm really young and It wasnt my fault I was raped. Sorry if it sounds heartless, but a women shouldnt be burdened with a child that was the result of rape if she didnt want to be.

would I? HELL NO! I think I am more of a pro choice girl, only because everyone has their own free will and have to answer for themselves ultimately, but 2 of my best friends were adopted and it was because their moms had been raped. I couldn't imagine my wrold without either one of them!

My stand about abortion is pro choice. It really depends on the person carrying that baby. If she wanted to abort it because she cant stand the living reminder of what happen to her, then thats her choice. I will support her in whatever decision she makes. I will not condemn her because thats what she resolved to do. On the other hand if she decided to give birth to that baby, then I will commend her. Friends role in life is to stay by your side and support you. :)