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Would you keep it or not **trigger warning: sexual assault**

  • 04-07-2020 9:32pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 259 ✭✭


    I was having a hypothetical conversation with my friend. She told me about a movie where a woman was raped and had a kid with the rapist. I told her I’d have an abortion if a rape resulted in pregnancy and she said she would keep it because it would still be her baby...
    It got me thinking would you keep the baby or not if you got pregnant from a rape?

    Would you keep a baby if you got pregnant from rape 25 votes

    Yes
    84% 21 votes
    No
    16% 4 votes


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    I was having a hypothetical conversation with my friend. She told me about a movie where a woman was raped and had a kid with the rapist. I told her I’d have an abortion if a rape resulted in pregnancy and she said she would keep it because it would still be her baby...
    It got me thinking would you keep the baby or not if you got pregnant from a rape?

    I think your thread title needs a content warning, to be fair.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭sullivlo


    Mod note

    Trigger warning added to thread


  • Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 26,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    It got me thinking would you keep the baby or not if you got pregnant from a rape?

    No chance - I'd be booking the abortion as soon as I saw two lines on a test. Two kids already, zero interest in a third and I'd rather not have the constant reminder of trauma. I'm also over 35, overweight and at risk of blood clots due to having had Covid-19 in March so that raises the stakes higher again.


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    I've no idea to be honest. I've had a tubal ligation so chances of conception would be low anyway

    I had complications on my third pregnancy, where I had to wait for amniocentesis to see if the foetus had a fatal anomaly. Early testing found there was a probability of a fatal syndrome. Waiting a month for more extensive tests was agonising. And during that time I realised I wanted to continue the pregnancy no matter what, even if the news was the worst possible news. This was during the referendum campaign, so we'd have had to travel but that wasn't a factor in my thoughts.


    So while I might be able to say hypothetically what I'd do, I can't say for sure what would happen.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,812 ✭✭✭Addle


    It’s one of those things that I think no one really knows what they’d do until it happens to them. No way you can plan a reaction to that sort of atrocity.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭8kczg9v0swrydm


    Real life scenario:



  • Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    If I got pregnant by having sex with my husband I’d have an abortion. I’ve moved on from that part of my life. Certainly wouldn’t keep a pregnancy caused by rape, would be unthinkable.


  • Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 26,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Real life scenario:


    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Lie Action? Seriously?


  • Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭flowerchild


    No - a baby is a baby and always precious to me, but I think all women should have a right to choose, free of judgement and financial cost.


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