But they pressured me into the abortion, saying welfare wouldn t pay me for giving birth, but would pay for the abortion since they were saying I was going to die because I was diabetic. They said I was just another minority bringing a child into the world and there were too many already. Here is a woman who is being victimized not only because she is a rape victim, but also because she is black and a minority and she has a low income. What I really see happening in our society is that abortion is the solution for the people we don t want. And that attitude that this is the only option we are going to offer people in difficult circumstances is heinous.
Abortion does nothing to help the victims of rape.
Instead it encourages a woman only to vent her anger in revenge against the unborn child. It pits the mother against the child, which is not good for either. On the other hand, childbirth can be a victory. For the majority of pregnant rape victims who wisely choose to forego abortion, childbirth is the choice of triumph over rape. It allows them to show their own courage and generosity.