SB, I too am a rape survivor and though I can also be thankful it did not result in a pregnancy, I'm afraid you cannot speak for me.

For while the crime was taking place and I was praying every moment that not only would I live through this but would also not end up pregnant...I also cannot honestly say that I would have found an abortion 'necessary'. I don't know if I'd have kept the baby and tried to raise it, or given it up for adoption. A pregnancy didn't occur, so I just don't know. I am glad for you though, that you seem to know exactly what YOU would have done had you become pregnant.

It was so long ago and I rarely think about it and really do not know how I would've proceeded if a pregnancy had resulted. However, the abortion matter aside...people are different and react differently to certain matters, even life-altering events such as this. We will never know how many adopted and happy children are the product of a rape. I do not and never have spoken for other rape victims in any way whatsoever and I tend to get a bit 'irked' when another rape survivor decides they are at liberty to speak for all the rest.

Yes, yes...I realize that in your post you do not actually speak for 'all rape victims', but those who have found abortion necessary. But since you were, after all, spared such a wrenching decision, I'm really not even sure you can speak for them.

Apple