Sep 23 2008
Letting Someone Else Say It: Wilson on Abortion and Rape
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One of the reasons I respect Sarah Palin at this point is that her position is bracingly consistent. The “exceptions” concessions, far from acknowledging genuine exceptions to the principle, are actually concessions of the entire debate. Such concessions allow that in difficult circumstances we get to define who is and who is not a person. And once we have that authority, vested in our courts and legislatures, you can bet that the pressure to expand the jurisdiction will be unstoppable.So here is the answer to the “rape and incest” objection. When a woman conceives as the result of a rape, there are three parties involved. There is the rapist, there is the woman, and there is the child. Two of these parties are innocent, and one of them is guilty. What kind of sense does it make to execute one of the innocent parties for the crime of his father?
A good post by Wilson defending a no exceptions position on abortion. Well worth the read.
I’ve got an idea.
Kill the rapist.
I should be careful with my language…
Let’s abort the unwanted tissue (the rapist).
I suggest scissors in the back of the brain stem, followed up with a vacuum to the contents of the skull.
So you’re suggesting punishing the victim, who was raped, by placing this burden on her? Essentially, this position condones making her suffer for what the rapist did. That sounds exceptionally cruel, if you ask me.
I’m sorry but I don’t see that asking someone to sacrifice a for few months of their life rather than allowing them to murder a helpless child to be even a fair comparison, alone “exceptionally cruel.”
I should add, though, that I am in favor of churches stepping in to provide room and board and medical care to these women, as well as counseling regarding whether she wants to keep the child or put him up for adoption. A child is not punishment. He is a blessing, and a creature made in God’s image, glorifying God.
I am in favor of (to the tune of spending as much of my own personal money as I can) making it as easy as possible on the mother in these cases–but making it easier by killing another person is an unacceptable cost.
You might find your life easier if people like me didn’t exist for you to argue with, but I doubt you’re in favor of legalizing the murder of Christians, are you?