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iris427
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OMG this facebook group
iris427
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Someone I know who is adamantly against abortion joined a group called "Conceived in Rape Awareness" Here is the group description:
for the purpose of educating people that there shouldn't be "exceptions" just because of how we are conceived. No one can choose that. If we give a face and personality of rape conceived people to the world then they are able to recognize our humanness and fight alongside of us for life.Another goal is to see women empowered to give birth to any child conceived. That she will have the strength to stand up to those who push for abortion. If our mothers did it they can too.
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Re: OMG this facebook group
That makes me rage. "Stand up to those who push for abortion?" ::shakes::
What about supporting women survivors?
oh you know silly. those crazy liberals!
The main point that bugs me is the last line, "If our mothers did it we can too." WTF is THAT about? That sounds a whole lot more like guilting a rape victim into a choice than actually "making" a choice, YKWIM?
I can see a need for a certain subset of women who have been raped, did in fact get PG from that rape and feel compelled to have the child to have some sense of support through an online group at the very least. I cannot speak to how heart wrenching of a decision that must be, but to attempt to force a mindset on an already vulnerable group of women is absolutely abhorrent to me.
It boggles my mind that some people think a woman should never be able to decide to terminate a pregnancy, even if she was raped FFS. One of the pro-life arguments I hear a lot is that if you choose to engage in sex, you should be prepared for the chance of pregnancy. Well apparently even if you don't choose and it is violently forced onto you, you still don't get a choice. IMO forcing a woman who has been raped to then carry an unwanted pregnancy is like violating her all over again for 9 months. It's taking away every measure of control she has over her body and her life.
Having a baby is hard enough without it being the aftermath of a rape. I just can't imagine.
I understand that abortion is a tough and upsetting issue. I am not "pro-abortion." I just don't get how some people see things in such black and white terms.
I'm all about supporting a rape survivor who decides to parent... I am not about supporting pressuring a rape survivor to parent/birth a child conceived during a rape just because someone else could do it.
That's ridiculous.
Wow. Just wow. While I support the right to and the choice of an abortion in rape situations... who are we to judge the coping methods of people who have gone through horrible things in their life? So your mom tells you that you were conceived in rape and you become an advocate because it feels like you are supporting your own life. Don't fight a woman who's been through something you know nothing about.
people confuse me on so many levels. sadly this issue is just one of the many that baffles me...
The term "rape conceived people" is making my brain bleed.
I know, right? Sigh.
This makes me enraged. I quite honestly don't have the words to articulate how this makes me feel.
Ugh....that is way too heavy for FB. And, not right. Like a woman in that position needs to feel worse than she already does, regardless of her choice.
ITA. ITA. ITA! I don't think anybody who is pro-choice is necessarily "pro-abortion" I think most rational people don't view abortion as birth control. As in, if this is your 5th unwanted PG, you should look into other reasons as to why you continue to get KU. That being said, I am a very live and let live person. I think that it's entirely possible that there are people who have that circumstance befall their lives and want to continue on thier path of becoming a mother even in the most outrageous of circumstances, and I also believe that those relationships between mother and child can be healing and wonderful, just like any other mother and child relationship. I give kudos to them, I really do, again I cannot imagine.
I just cannot accept the people who attempt to make that already vulnerable PG woman feel guilted into not being a "murderer", I truly cannot stomach that. I can't honestly sit here and say that if the roles were reversed and if men got PG as a result of women forcing themselves on men, that this issue would even be up for discussion. It would be covered by every major insurance provider, it wouldn't be a sticking point (supposedly) in heathcare reform and it would be covered much like viagra is covered and not like the pill is covered on almost every insurance plan in our society. I know this may ruffle some feathers but it's just honestly how I feel.