This one of those areas that makes me, someone against abortion, stop and go "What the...?"
Okay, if abortion is legal, which it is, then what are anti-abortionists doing trying to do when creating this idiocy. Dad rapes daughter (doesn't matter if she "consented" or not, if a father is having sex with his kid, it's rape). Daughter gets pregnant. Dad should get to decide if she aborts said baby or not? What the hell? Here is a kid that obviously can't go to her dad and say "Hey Dad, I screwed up, I was in love and I went too far in my relationship and made a mistake and now I need help fixing it." This is a kid who probably should be removed from the family's house altogether! She not only doesn't need to be informing her father of this particular thing, she shouldn't have to speak to her father for ANYTHING!
This isn't about women's rights or babies' rights or anything like that. Disallowing a rape victim the option of anonymity from their rapist is more cruel than abortion, and it could very well be more cruel than the rape itself. If a girl comes in and says "I'm pregnant, it's my father's" then that girl's parents should lose all rights to have anything to do with it. Have her become a ward of the state until the situation can be fully checked out. If it turns out to be a false accusation, then let the girl pay the consequences of *that* later. Incest should always be a case of action first, ask questions later.
Oh, and don't join the ACLU. They are just as bad as the religious freaks in some of the things they do. Just start writing well written, thoughtful letters to the people that need to hear it. Congressmen, Senators, etc. Let your voice be heard and don't be silent. You don't need the backing of a group that develops the mob mentality to make a difference.
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Date: 2006-03-01 08:06 pm (UTC)Okay, if abortion is legal, which it is, then what are anti-abortionists doing trying to do when creating this idiocy. Dad rapes daughter (doesn't matter if she "consented" or not, if a father is having sex with his kid, it's rape). Daughter gets pregnant. Dad should get to decide if she aborts said baby or not? What the hell? Here is a kid that obviously can't go to her dad and say "Hey Dad, I screwed up, I was in love and I went too far in my relationship and made a mistake and now I need help fixing it." This is a kid who probably should be removed from the family's house altogether! She not only doesn't need to be informing her father of this particular thing, she shouldn't have to speak to her father for ANYTHING!
This isn't about women's rights or babies' rights or anything like that. Disallowing a rape victim the option of anonymity from their rapist is more cruel than abortion, and it could very well be more cruel than the rape itself. If a girl comes in and says "I'm pregnant, it's my father's" then that girl's parents should lose all rights to have anything to do with it. Have her become a ward of the state until the situation can be fully checked out. If it turns out to be a false accusation, then let the girl pay the consequences of *that* later. Incest should always be a case of action first, ask questions later.
Oh, and don't join the ACLU. They are just as bad as the religious freaks in some of the things they do. Just start writing well written, thoughtful letters to the people that need to hear it. Congressmen, Senators, etc. Let your voice be heard and don't be silent. You don't need the backing of a group that develops the mob mentality to make a difference.