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I am looking for advice on a rape victim, keep the kid or not?
16 YEAR OLD GIRL.
Really, it's not the child's fault, they didn't ask to be killed because they were concieved wrong right?
But then again, having the kid will be a daily reminder, and ruin her future.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
ANY ADVICE?
Thank you for the time!
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This is an extremely personal question. In the end, it is the rape survivor's choice. Even if you don't believe it legally SHOULD be her choice, the fact remains that it IS her choice. I'm not going to get into whether it should be or not; that's not what this website is for.
She has essentially three options when it comes to the child:
(1) Adoption.
(2) Keep it.
(3) Abortion.
Of the three, it seems to me that the first is the most compassionate insofar as the child is concerned, and it may also offer the survivor some comfort to know that from this terrible event, there was at least a new life that need not be tainted by it. The problem with keeping the child, aside from the obvious emotional trauma to the mother, would be that eventually he's going to ask "Who is my Daddy?" and that question will have a terrible answer.
Insofar as the third option... once again, it is her choice. It is not a "clean" choice - there are emotional consequences. But there will be emotional consequences no matter what she may choose.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINON, APPRECIATE IT A LOT!!!
:)
Thanks for taking the time out to answer this so honest! Really do appreciate it. Keep up the good work with all of your advice! Really helped.
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