‘I love my child. But if I could go back in time and get an abortion, I would 100 per cent of the time,’ says Melinda. Kelly Rissman reports on a story that exposes the hurdles women faced before the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June 2022
So the article or at least the title is stating that she’s raising her rapists baby. I understood the title to be derogatory towards the child like it’s some kind of burden to raise your child. Which in many senses it can be. But it’s not the child’s fault, especially since it’s already born that it was conceived during a rape. That child shouldn’t be held responsible for that event. That’s what I meant.
I’m certainly not advocating against abortion, nor am I stating that a fetus is a human.
Granted it has the potential for life or to become a human being at some point. But other than that I don’t see how you could have taken my statement to mean what you said it does.
So the article or at least the title is stating that she’s raising her rapists baby. I understood the title to be derogatory towards the child like it’s some kind of burden to raise your child. Which in many senses it can be. But it’s not the child’s fault, especially since it’s already born that it was conceived during a rape. That child shouldn’t be held responsible for that event. That’s what I meant.
I’m certainly not advocating against abortion, nor am I stating that a fetus is a human.
Granted it has the potential for life or to become a human being at some point. But other than that I don’t see how you could have taken my statement to mean what you said it does.