>>>Are you seriously arguing this even in rape cases resulting in pregnancy?
>>Why is that so unthinkable?
>>Does the baby's value to society depend on the mother's perception of the circumstances of its conception?
>>Where does that perception begin and end?
>>Is a child produced by a drunken fling under the grandstands after a high school football game more valuable?
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>If a women becomes pregnant through rape (i.e. had no choice in the matter), she's being denied the choice of choosing the father.
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>Statistically (as a %), it's not very common. Somewhere between 3 and 6% of rapes result in pregnancy. But you're still talking about "roughly" 25,000 - 30,000 pregnancies in a year.
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>In the case of a drunken fling where there's mutual consent (even if it's poor judgment), that's a different story. People need to be accountable for their actions.
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>What I'm referring to is when a person is robbed of the context of accountability. Forcing her to carry the baby to term is truly a "war on women".

And don't forget the "tied to him for the next 18-20 years"