The Right to Have an Abortion if Raped

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The Right to Have an Abortion if Raped
David Reardon of the Elliot Institute (2009) asks, “How can you call yourself a loving Christian if you would force a victim of violent rape to give birth to a rapist’s child” (par. 1). Some people are in favor of a woman having an abortion if she was raped, why other people argue that an abortion should never happen. Ethically, many people believe it is wrong to have an abortion, but some people argue that it is ethically acceptable if the woman has been raped. Research shows that women who are raped should not choose to have an abortion, because abortions kill the child, abortions can cause psychological harm to the mother, and overall, abortion does not help the victim but having the child often...

.....All abortions should be banned.
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