Chapter 18: Myth—Abortion Doesn’t Matter

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Myth—Abortion Doesn’t Matter

Rape Abortions

Merriam-Webster’s 4 rape definition is: “Unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or

with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent.”

So what about rape? This is a specious argument in the abortion

debate since it is almost non-existent in abortion statistics. While we should have compassion and mercy on a rape victim, it should occur as the rape perpetrator is sufficiently punished by either castration or death.

“But if the man meets the engaged woman in the open country, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. You shall do nothing to the young woman; the young woman has not committed an

offense punishable by death, because this case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbor. Since he found her in the open country, the engaged woman may have cried for help, but there was no one to rescue her.”

Deut. 22:25-27 NRSV

When a promised [committed] woman was raped in biblical times, she was expected to cry out for help, but this was not always possible. The

punishment for such rape was “death” for the man. If we don’t have the courage to kill the rapist, we should at least castrate him. That is my own humble opinion. On the other hand, the raped woman was not to be harmed. This also pertained to any child in her womb, which might be caused by the

rape. I’m sorry to inform you, but killing babies wasn’t an option in those days for victims of rape. It wasn’t the baby’s crime!

If a woman was able to cry out for help, which was nearby but did not

do so, her penalty was also death. The two biblical points to consider are: First, every woman was required to cry out for help. Second, everyone was required to come to the rape victim’s aide. How many needless rapes have occurred because people, who could have helped the victim, refused to get