tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997519179796849230.post5201604114671504275..comments2024-02-14T06:30:27.643-05:00Comments on A Teacher on Teaching: The GOP and the Morality of Rape and Abortion John J. Viallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355223708051895485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997519179796849230.post-60188274497556216072012-08-26T02:20:15.660-04:002012-08-26T02:20:15.660-04:00... AAAND if she doesn't have access to someon...... AAAND if she doesn't have access to someone who can help her make that decision (plus people to lovingly and patiently support her through the pregnancy, provide her adequate medical care, and help her parent in a responsible way when she is still coming to terms with a terrible ordeal or assist her in finding a suitable adoptive family, and a good therapist who she trusts and can afford) and recognizes that she is emotionally and mentally compromised by having been attacked and doesn't have adequate resources to handle a child... she not be made to feel even worse by a judgmental society for choosing to have an abortion. <br /><br />Because let's face it - life isn't fair, and it is complex, difficult, and infinitely less than ideal in most cases. And that is why it is important for each woman to have a choice and have that choice protected by her government without fear of censure or persecution by people who like to pretend that life is fair, simple, easy, and ideal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997519179796849230.post-53192702794808016122012-08-25T19:04:10.018-04:002012-08-25T19:04:10.018-04:00So to be clear I definitely think a woman who has ...So to be clear I definitely think a woman who has been raped should be able to make the decision to have an abortion. However, I would hope that she has access to someone who can help her make that decision based on more than a gut reaction. It's an awful situation either way, but I'd hate for a woman to have that abortion, deal with the emotional turmoil of her rape, and then deal with the emotional baggage of an abortion. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052604405996474436noreply@blogger.com