Nick Santorum, hoping to be the next President of the United States, believes that a baby conceived as the result of rape is "a gift from God" and must not be aborted.
There has been a lot of discussion about the vexed question of abortion and it is understandable that people have vastly different beliefs about it. But those who believe there is a Right to Life and that the foetus has a greater claim to survival than does its mother, refuse to think about what kind of life this poor little baby may well live. It is just unfair to have an unwanted child. Whatever the reason the mother might have for not wanting it, the fact of being unwanted will make it very difficult for it to have a happy life. This idea seems to haunt people their whole lives.
Beyond not wanting it, the mother who has been raped has ample reason to hate the father and certainly not want to perpetuate his genes, and may well be led to hate the resulting baby. I'm afraid I think Santorum is a wicked and unimaginative man totally unsuitable to be President.
This blog is a plea for common sense in public policy. Our leaders don't seem to have any. They just make daft rules for us to follow. We need to assert our right to use our own good sense instead of ticking boxes which can only say 'yes' or 'no'.
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