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Rape and incest are disgusting and violent acts that horrify us. We call the attackers "sick" and "brutal". We keep the victims from public display. Should a pregnancy occur, we destroy the evidence. This is a process which in actuality excuses the deviant, ignores the victim, and murders the innocent. Can we accept it? NO! Rape and incest are such sensitive topics that abortion proponents have used them to open and widen the door to legalized abortion-on-demand. Using the weighted question, "Should a woman be forced to carry the child of a man who has so violated her?" Pro-aborts have gained the sympathy of the public. Approximately 3 of 4 people would allow abortion in these situations.
The infamous Roe v. Wade decision illustrates this fully. "Jane Roe," the victim of a rape (which she later admitted never happened), became pregnant and appealed to the Supreme Court for the right to abort her child. By the time that decision was handed down, Jane Roe had already given birth and the child was placed for adoption. Since that 1973 case, however, over 40 million abortions have been performed. What began as sympathy for a victimized woman has resulted in the deaths of millions of unborn babies.
How many of the 1.5 million abortions performed each year actually "hard cases?" Here the deception comes to light. Studies of rape victims conclude that pregnancy results in less than one percent of rapes. With approximately 100,000 assault rapes occurring yearly in the U.S., we can estimate that less than 1000 pregnancies result. If all 1000 babies were aborted, this would account for less than .06 percent of the abortions performed. Since not all rape pregnancies are terminated, this number is much smaller. Likewise, pregnancies resulting from incest are estimated to be only one percent of those girls subjected to incestuous affairs. Clearly, the cry for abortion to "free" these victims has been disproportionately loud. Though few pregnancies do result from both rape and incest, we must ask you a question, If you were conceived through rape or incest would you want to be aborted ?
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