Originally posted by plawrence:
And Partagas....
May I infer from that story that if your teenaged daughter was to find herself pregnant as the result of a rape by a street thug who mugged her and beat her as well, you would want her to see the pregnancy through?
Originally posted by Partagas:
this would be a very difficult situation for our family....I would say yes, I would do what I could to support her though all of this....and my wife but more so my daughter would do everything to make sure she gave birth to her son/daughter (my grandchild -- that makes me feel old)
So does that answer the question?????
There is a lot of heart and soul put into this difficult decision. Thankfully we have talked about it and discussed it when we can think rationally and not let the emotions get in the way if God forbid that situation were to ever happen.
I appreciate an honest answer to what is certainly a difficult question.
Most, like those who would refuse to answer I think, wouldn't be so honest, and rather than say that if their own loved ones were involved they would seek an abortion, but for everyone else then the answer is having the child.
Or, alternativeley, leave themselves open to the criticsm that some would heap upon someone else for requiring that their daughter bear the child of someone who brutally raped that child.
I, being non-judgemental, would only offer the opinion that I, of course, disagree with yours.
