I think the question posed here is not if you would WANT your daughter to carry that child, but, rather, if you would FORCE her to. Because essentially, that is what we are discussing. If your daughter was brutally raped, and that rape resulted in a pregnancy, would you FORCE her to have that child? Would you leave her no other choice?

I respect both Apple and TIS and the decisions that they would have made under these circumstances. And Apple, I will be eternally grateful that I didn't have to make that choice, because I don't know what I would have done. But I am also eternally grateful that I had a choice. I was 22, just out of college, first job, and I don't know if I would have terminated the pregnancy or not. Having gone through two very, very joyful pregnancies, I don't know how I would've felt to carry that asswipe's baby.

But I think that it's a very personal decision that each woman needs to make for herself. And I truly believe that each and every avenue of options needs to be available for her to make that decision. And if Roe v. Wade were overturned, then that would eliminate certain avenues, wouldn't it?

Apple, you mentioned something about the original woman in the case, and I have to agree with your memory. There's something that sticks in mine as well. I did pose a question in an earlier post that I think was swallowed up before. Does anyone know why the decision allowed such late term abortions?