To follow up on a previous question about abortion, how would a "rape" exemption work?

I've heard this argument since the sixties before abortion. Out of all the abortion cases I've known or have heard of none were because of rape. I've known plenty. I work in a hospital.

I believe all this person was trying to say was that you would be justified in getting an abortion if you were raped. Whether or not we are justified in doing something is independent of whether we can prove something in court.

Based on how you were interpreting this, though, I don't see how it would work either. If someone had to get some sort of conviction before that person is legally allowed to get an abortion, they would probably already have the baby. That, or it would be way too late to have an abortion.

Now that I think about it I kind of see what you mean. Do you think we have to first provide reasons before a decision is considered "justified?" Or how about this: what if I had done something and I came up with reasons on my own which were good reasons to support the decision...would I at that point be justified, or would I have to present these reasons first?

I too believe abortion should be allowed until the end of the first trimester, anyway) in cases of rape.

Generally, after a woman is raped, she goes to the hospital where she receives an examination. It can usually be ascertained that she has been assaulted.

If she waits to report...well, that can be a problem.

I've never said, or heard any pro-choice person say that abortion isn't negative in any way. EVER. Nor do pro-choice people encourage women to get pregnant so they can experience the joys of abortion. Fact of the matter is, unwanted pregnancy is a very bad state to be in. The way to decrease unwanted pregnancy is through quality, accurate sex education, and easy availability of birth control. That said, (especially given that this country has neither -- mostly due to the same people who oppose abortion), if a girl or woman is in a state of unwanted pregnancy, most Americans believe it should be her decision, not the government's, what to do about it. Criminalizing abortion won't end the practice, it will harm and kill women and girls who get illegal abortions (that is, do more harm than legal abortions do). It also puts females who are already going through hell in an even worse situation than unwanted pregnancy itself. As far as I know, no one supports use of abortion as a form of birth control, and I doubt many women (if any) use it as such. If those who truly wanted to stop abortions would put any effort into promoting birth control, instead of supporting policies that maximize the number of unwanted pregnancies, they'd stop more abortions than they do now.

Well apparently it wouldn't work. Just let everyone abort. World population will keep increasing, don't worry guys.

inb4 thousands of false rape accusations

i believe the thinking is that when you report it and get exam for it

you would be asked something like

'if this results in you being pregnant, would you want to keep the baby?'

if you say no, be given the 'morning after' pill

It wouldn't work for everybody.

Not every rapist is punished