[Brandon]

Originally Posted by thebigmole

I guess but I just don't think it's logical. I mean rape is not only one of the most under reported crimes, but it's so he said she said. There would be too many holes, not only could women accuse men they had consensual sex with of rape, but woman who were really raped might lose their cases anyway, and then they'd be stuck. I think it would just be the worst thing for our justice system to do.

That's exactly my point. It's much easier to find evidence when someone commits vehicular manslaughter. They don't get charged with murder, they get charged with vehicular manslaughter. Even though both are involved with killing someone. But rape, you can't always provide evidence that proves you were raped. So really, rape should have nothing to do with whether you should get an abortion or not. It'd just be endless amounts of paperwork and hours dedicated to the court system, and by that time..your baby could be several months old. I'm pretty sure that if you were raped and ended up pregnant, you'd probably want to get rid of the baby as fast as possible (unless by some divine miracle you wanted to keep the baby). Limiting abortions to only women (or even MEN!) who were raped would make the process much more difficult, much more expensive, more time consuming, etc. It just wouldn't work.