I kinda suspect the writer doesn’t like abortion for anything other than medical reasons and even then you should probably tough it out Runner. Was it the meek or the weak that were going to inherit?

KH:”It still remains that back then, the pregnant lady did not know what she now does, and the baby would have suffered from it accordingly.”

Yep, but not for long. Poor wee things. I’m anti-need for abortion I decided. The fence may yet collapse under me.

promote what views, runner - that rape without regret is OK? That pregnancy as a result of rape should not be aborted and should be endured? What were you saying about selfishness and hard heartedness and certain views?

I don’t really rate this article, full credit to the women who endured through the difficult circumstances to give birth at great personal danger. However that premise is not a standard that every potential mother should be measured against.

“These women all went back and had another baby. Just as I did – knowing the cost to their health.”

Is this irresponsible/selfish?

It’s all great if things go well however what about the risk of your existing child growing up without a mother.
I have been involved in a situation where a mother, against medical advice chose to try and have another child and unfortunately for all involved she didn’t make it through the pregnancy.

*I had no idea some little gland thing could get scarred for life and remind us.*

Jewely, the interactions are pretty complex, a bloke called Joseph
LeDoux discovered the role of the amygdala in not getting over trauma
etc.

When I learned about it, things started to make sense to me. My
old man committed suicide and his last words were to tell his father
that he was a bastard. He just could not get over his childhood.
At last I started to understand why.

Similarly, I once lost the roof of my house in a freak storm.
Every time a similar wind blows, my pulse increases and I become
anxious, long before I start to think about it. Now I know why.

I haven't checked, but I'm sure that a place like Wicki might further
explain the role of the amygdala. Understanding its function helps
understand the human behaviour that we see around us.

In the end, the mind is what the brain does.

Jewely- that is also possible- but I think so long as there is quality advice given by counselors, and still no recommendations that could allow her to retain the child and actually help raise him/her in a proper environment where their needs can actually be met, then abortion is still the right choice.

McReal
'promote what views, runner - that rape without regret is OK? That pregnancy as a result of rape should not be aborted and should be endured? What were you saying about selfishness and hard heartedness and certain views?

I thought my point was obvious. The emotional response of the woman having her baby killed does not in itself justify the decision. Some deeply regret rape or murder others don't. The emotional response does not justify the behaviour. Calloused hearts justify all kinds of actions.