The landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade was supposed to settle the question of abortion’s legality once and for all, but the Court’s ruling has instead become a fulcrum of debate. Placed squarely at the intersection of civil rights, health, religion and law, abortion is one of America’s most heated controversies.
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yes rape is complicated
but i am responding as a rape victim. i am holding in my arms the results of that rape. my son is the world to me. an abortion would be just as tramatizing as a rape
- superherom03
August 30, 2008 11:53AM
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What about when it is the other way around?
For some women having the rapist's child would be more traumatizing than abortion . You are a very brave and strong woman. You had the choice though, to continue the pregnancy or not. That option should be available to all women, whether or not you personally agree with their ultimate decision.
- illusion
June 10, 2009 2:13PM
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