It's foolishness. They forget that some fertilized eggs never attach to the wall of the uterus — by this definition, said George Carlin, every sexually active woman is a serial killer.
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In the case of incest, we stress the need to help the entire family correct the situation, which led to the pregnancy. In cases of incest, studies have shown that in the vast majority of cases the perpetrator pays for the abortion so as to assure continued access to the child.
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The abuser does a
lot of unsavory things to assure continued access to the child, most of which are illegal already — bigamy, statutory rape, assault, imprisonment, and domestic violence against the spouse. Making it illegal won't make it stop. And incest isn't the
only time abortion is used to cover up a crime. How many Catholic schoolgirls have had, or would have, an abortion to keep scandal out of the family?