Rape and Incest

Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Chris Christie are pro-life except in cases of rape and incest. This makes no sense. In the life / choice debate, pro-life means that you err on the side of life–period, including cases of rape and incest. The tragedies of rape and incest aren’t fixed by adding to them the murder of a completely innocent child.

Marco Rubio joins Bush and Christie in allowing abortion when the life of the mother is in danger. Again, killing the baby isn’t the answer. In fact, one could argue that the baby’s life is more important than the mother’s life, since the murder of the baby destroys some 80 years of life, while the death of the mother ends life only some 50 years prematurely.

If families in these situations don’t want their babies, there are plenty of couples eager to adopt them.

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