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Originally Posted by emma01

People are not going to lie about being raped! I reall can't see why people would forge such an horrific crime, knowing they would get in so much trouble for it!
And well if the women were too scared to file a report, that's sort of too bad, if they desperately wanted an abortion, they would have to file the report.
I know what I said sounded mean towards woman who are too scared to file a report, but I really dont think anyting can be done about them.

There are a lot of reasons a woman might not want to file a report - ESPECIALLY if the person who raped/harassed her was a personal acquaintance (as is often the case). There are stigmas attacked to rape victims that some people can't or don't want to go through.

As for lying about rape to get an abortion - if this were the only way to get a legal abortion, I'm sure incidents of illegitimate rape-excuse would skyrocket. Thus, just saying "abortion only legal in incidence of rape" is a very shortsighted and probably un-policable policy.

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liketheangel said:

also why is everyone so pro adoption. in my opinion seeing what it does to people not knowing where u come from. or why u were given up. adoption can be a terrible thing. leads to alot of heartache for both parties mother and child.

I agree. Assuming that adoption is the panacea to abortion is also very shortsighted. Just bringing a child into the world for the sake of bringing a child into the world can perhaps assuage your moral qualms but it doesn't guarantee this newborn a good life and it doesn't take into account the affects its birth will have on the mother and her relationships.

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The thing about abortion is that people tend to look at it as black and white. Murder vs. discontinuation of pregnancy.

Thing is: there are so many more factors than just the fetus. Can the woman financially, emotionally, physically survive a full-term pregnancy, let alone a birth and the possible care of a child? How will a birth affect the mother's relationships - such as with her lover, parents, support system, work.

Instead of wasting billions of dollars fighting over abortions legality we should be encouraging our government to explore why the abortion rates in their country are X high and what policies can be enacted to mitigate factors leading to abortion rates (e.g. high school pregnancies and sex ed programs that don't teach safe sex).