because the child is going to be raised by his/her mother who was raped. the child is not going to be born to a life with garden full of roses and puppies like an American Dream. If the mother suffers as the result of rape, the child is going to suffer too. How can you explain to your own child that he/she is the product of rape? Do you think that child can live with that thought as he/she grows up?
Who said that the mother HAS to raise the child whom is a byproduct of a rape?
What about the other option? Adoption?
Allow me to make a supposition if I may, how about this, put the child up for adoption, this frees the mother from having to raise a child know he or she is a byproduct of that rape. No one should force a mother to raise a child from a rapist.
Then have a law created to seal the adoption record permanently because of this particular rape case (or incest). And I do mean to be never opened for any reason. Even if the child grows up and becomes curious, in no way that record is to be opened. It's for the sake of the child's emotional well being.
Please, don't mistake me for lacking emotional understanding regarding the duress of rape. It's a emotional impacting experience and I would never wish it on any woman (or man for that matter, some men do get raped too).
But it's vital to maintain head logic as it is far more reliable than emotion in of itself. (i.e. too many women fall head over heads emotionally with a man rather than use simple logic that could have very well prevented themselves from falling into the hands of a wife beater, a control freak and the likes. Look before you leap. Do please read their book for crying out loud. Don't judge a book only by it's cover! READ IT! It could very well save your life!)
Like i said, if we created laws after laws based on emotions (i.e. like you dressed funny, you are required to wear a suit and tie at all times, except in bedtime. Another example: you're ugly, you need to be put to death!), we'd all be dead by now.
This is why I look at situations like this LOGICALLY. I am not ignoring the emotional ramification as a result of a rape. But I have to look at the underlying situation, such as, is the child at fault for being a byproduct of a rape? The logical answer will have to be a resounding NO! The child cannot be at fault because the child did NOT commit the crime of rape, it was the perp (the father, if you wanna call it, but he's not, if he truly acted like a father, he would have never committed this crime in the first place. He's just a self serving, agonizing asshole!) who committed the crime and should be one of the two (1) put to death (2) locked up for life. Either one works for me.
Now if you wanna throw in an argument that the unborn child is raping his/her mother because he/she is a byproduct of rape, I'd say it's illogical and you're just being plain crazy.
Yiz
