In her study, Mahkorn found that feelings or issues relating to the rape experience were the primary concern for most of the pregnant rape victims not pregnancy. Family and friends just weren t supportive of the woman s choice to bear the child. Dr. Mahkorn also found that, in the group who carried their pregnancies to term, the majority saw their attitude toward the child improve consistently throughout the pregnancy. Some remained ambivalent throughout the entire pregnancy, but for none did their attitude grow worse. None, at the end of the pregnancy, wished she had decided on an abortion.
Abortion therefore inhibits the healing to the rape victim and reinforces negative attitudes.
I have always been against abortion all my life. People think that whenever anyone is raped, they have to have an abortion. My social worker just kept telling me all kinds of things to encourage me to have the abortion. They didn t give me any other option except to abort. The doctor and social worker who led me to have the abortion shouldn t have.