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Originally Posted by Brandon
Some people have said that abortions shouldn't be allowed unless the women were raped. To me, I consider this a highly flawed idea:
Let's say that Billy has a one-night stand with Laquisha. Through consensual sex, she ends up getting pregnant. Because she isn't ready to have a child right now, she wants to have an abortion. So she goes to an abortion clinic and the clinic tells her that she could only have an abortion if she was raped. Here's what could happen:
1. Let's say that she really doesn't want to have a child. If she had consensual sex with a man, it would be unethical to call the rape card. Obviously she had consensual sex with the man, and if the man knew she was going to pull out the rape card on him, he probably wouldn't have had sex with her in the beginning. Unless the man has proof that she consented, she might could convince a jury that she was raped and not only be allowed to have an abortion, but she would also get the innocent man put in jail.
This also speaks for any woman. A woman can easily lie to a man that she takes birth control and could convince the man not to wear a condom because "it'll be okay" and she wouldn't "get pregnant." So she can lure a man to have unprotected sex with her, get her pregnant, have an abortion (or even yet she could KEEP the baby and force him to pay child support..but that's an entirely different legal issue  ), make him pay the abortion fees and any doctor check ups, and, quite possibly, put him in jail for "rape."
With gender neutrality in justice, it's harder for a woman to call rape, BUT I'm not gonna set that aside when it's possible. This puts men at huge risk. It would grant women WAY too much power that men might as well bend over and take it up the ass. They'd be screwed financially, emotionally, mentally, and they'd be in jail. And there'd be nothing that a man could do about it! When I have sex with a woman, I want to think happy thoughts...not think about all the potential consequences that extend to even beyond pregnancy.
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While I agree that the "except in cases of rape" thing is stupid I don't think your fears have any basis. Let's say that abortion was made illegal except in cases of rape, I believe that it would be as simple as a woman saying she was raped, no conviction needed. After all a conviction would take a while, much too long for the woman to still be able to get an abortion afterwards. Now if they wanted to be really ridiculous and require a police report, easily done, after all a woman can say that she didn't know who raped her. Of course if it was ever found out to be not true then that woman would get in trouble, but I don't see it being found out.