Clinton Wilcox #fundie prolifephilosophy.blogspot.ca

[on aborting rape pregnancies]

. I would argue that the woman has a moral obligation to care for the child that she finds herself with, regardless of how the child was conceived. To borrow an example from pro-life philosopher Tony George, suppose you’re out at sea on your boat for a few days. A day into your journey you discover a stowaway. You would not be morally justified in casting that person off your boat into the water to drown or be devoured by sharks, even though that person will be consuming your resources. You must wait until you get back to land to cast him off, and possibly call the authorities.

she is a "de facto guardian." This means that even though she didn't consent to becoming pregnant, she is now the "guardian" of this child (which can be used if someone insists that the biological relationship is irrelevant). She is now, through the circumstance of rape, responsible for an innocent child. Similar to the movie Up, where Carl had to temporarily take Russell in to his custody because he couldn't get rid of Russell without killing him.

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