While I am not a woman, I do understand how carrying such a
child in her womb for nine months can be a constant, dreadful,
and even traumatic reminder of the horrible experience which
she was forced to endure. I also realize that as a result of
this unwanted act which was forced upon her, the woman, and
possibly even her family, might even despise giving birth to,
and having to raise, such a child. As we have already seen,
some abortion advocates remind us that the unborn child, who
is the most innocent victim of all, may be forced to live in
a negative, unloving environment because of conditions which
were beyond their control at the time of their conception. In
light of these factors, abortionists argue that abortion is
an acceptable alternative to forcing the girl or woman, and
the unborn child, to needlessly suffer emotionally, or in
other ways.

As I noted earlier, I pondered this issue in my heart for a
number of years. I was forced to ask myself if the same rules
apply when a woman's free will is abrogated through such acts
of sexual violence. As I point out in several of my articles,
free will is a right that is given to us by our Creator; so I
had to question if God would judge a woman the same when she
considers abortion, not as a matter of personal convenience,
but rather as a result of having been a victim of rape, or in
the case of a young girl, perhaps a victim of incest. If we
look at these issues squarely in the eye, then we are forced
to recognize that when a woman or a young girl is raped, she
really only has one of two choices: either she can submit to
her attacker and let him have his way with her, and hopefully
save her life, or else she can choose to struggle and resist,
and possibly end up dead.

That would be a very tough decision for any woman or girl to
have to make, and she won't have very much time in which to
make it: "Do I fight for my dear life to protect my honor and
possibly die here, or do I submit and let this jerk have his
way with me?" If you were in such a situation, what would you
do? What if you have a loving family at home who needs you?
What if you have children who need their mother? How would
this factor affect your reactions to a rapist? Tragically,
even if a woman does not resist, she could still die if the
assailant is sufficiently scared and desperate. It is really
a risky situation regardless of which choice she makes; and
no matter how we choose to look at it, she is going to pay a
price one way or the other. If she isn't killed, the attack
will leave her scarred for life, and she may end up pregnant
as well. Her life will simply never be the same.

Obviously, I can't provide a definitive, one hundred per cent
conclusive answer regarding how God views the abortion option
when it involves cases of rape and incest, because no human
truly knows the full mind of God. However, what we can do, as
we have been doing throughout this series, is to make our own
personal decision regarding these issues, based upon what we
do know from the Scriptures. When I first began my own journey
regarding abortion years ago, I concluded that sexual assault
might possibly represent a valid exception to the prohibition
to abortion rule; however, since then, I have become persuaded
that this argument reveals itself to be flawed when we expose
it to the light of God's Word. So reiterating a point that I
made earlier, one selfish act of violence -- such as rape or
incest -- doesn't justify an even worse act of violence; that
is, slaughtering a defenseless, innocent, unborn child in the
early stages of its development, through a cold-hearted act
of abortion.

I obviously do not believe that young girls and women being
subjected to rape or incest occurs by the Will of God. These
things occur as a result of our sick, sinful society, and the
fact that we each possess free will. If God were to somehow
intervene in order to prevent sexual assaults from occurring,
it would in essence deprive us of our free will. Yet at the
same time, neither do I believe that if a pregnancy results
from such a sexual attack, that it is the Lord's Will that
the developing child be slaughtered through a merciless act
of abortion. Two wrongs simply do not make a right. While a
child may not have been conceived under ideal conditions, and
in fact may have been conceived under horrific conditions, it
still does not give anyone the right to destroy it, not even
its mother. That is where her rights over her own body end.
She did not create that life. She was just the vehicle of its
creation. That new life belongs to God. He gave it a spark of
His Spirit.

Having said that, I firmly believe that every effort should
be made to try to convince a rape or incest victim to carry
out her pregnancy. If enough emotional support is provided,
who knows, perhaps as the months go by, the Lord will work
on that girl's or woman's heart, so that she is willing to
accept the role of motherhood, in spite of the fact that she
was a victim of a terrible assault against her body. It may
not be easy for her at first, and may in fact be emotionally
very stressful, but God is capable of healing her wounds if
she will allow Him to do so. Furthermore, when she finally
sees her baby for the first time, maybe the child will just
melt her heart and make her decide to keep it. Surely no one
can love a child as much as their own mother who labored to
bring them into this world. Even if the mother still chooses
to surrender the baby for adoption, at least the child will
have been given a chance at life, instead of being callously
slaughtered by an abortionist.

In closing my argument regarding this particular issue, let
me remind you again that, as we saw in part three, only one
per cent of all abortions are attributed to rape and incest;
and we can't even really be certain how valid this figure is,
because some young girls and women will in fact lie when it
comes to the true circumstances surrounding their pregnancy,
just to facilitate their obtaining the abortion. It seems to
me, then, that highlighting these two issues is just another
tactic that the abortionist camp likes to use in their quest
to keep abortion legal. They obviously realize that if they
push these sensitive issues in our face, more people will be
inclined to be sympathetic towards abortion.

As we have already seen, in many sexual assault cases, women
are the victims of unbridled sexual desire. Sadly, however,
there are cases where the woman must be willing to accept at
least some of the blame. As I said, we live in an age where
we are constantly reminded that we must feel good, look good
and act sexy. Modern technology has given us breast implants,
tummy tucks, nose jobs, Botox treatments and other things as
a means to achieve this worldly pursuit, and many women, and
men, have embraced it. However, this vain desire to look like
movie stars can have very negative consequences if we are not
careful. For example, in the case of sexual assault, how many
times have we heard someone say, or possibly even thought to
ourselves, "Ah, just look at how she dresses. She must have
been asking for it".

As we all know, the plain truth is that a lot of modern women
enjoy dressing in a very provocative manner. Such women claim
that they have a right to dress as they please, and that they
do it because it makes them feel good about themselves, and
lifts their ego. These women who "flaunt their stuff" and who
"dress to kill" need to wake up and realize that if they want
to send out those kinds of signals, then they are asking for
trouble, because men are not made of stone.

Considering then how some women dress, as well as the barrage
of sex-related influences which bombard our senses on a daily
basis, and the general sexed up society in which we currently
live, is it really any wonder that some males finally reach a
point where their thoughts and sexual desires are translated
into physical actions, resulting in cases of rape and incest?
This is not to excuse them for their selfish actions by any
means, but some women are surely to blame as well. They need
to exercise wisdom in deciding when, where and with whom to
dress in a certain manner. Doing this will help them to avoid
unnecessary problems, and possibly even save their life. This
is particularly true in large cities inhabited by hundreds of
thousands, or even millions of people, where it's much easier
to hide from the law.

If a woman chooses to dress "hot" and sends out signals that
she is "hot", some men will automatically assume that she is
looking for someone to cool her down, and they will oblige,
whether that is really the woman's intention or not. God has
endowed males with some very powerful emotions and hormonal
reactions which we must deal with every time that we behold
a beautiful woman. While the majority of men are capable of
dealing with these powerful emotional and sexual urges in an
appropriate manner, other men just don't know how to keep
themselves in check. The Bible refers to this as having rule
over our own spirits, and the Apostle Paul tells us that we
must keep both our mind and body under subjection. In other
words, we must discipline both our mind and body, as we see
by these verses:

"He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city
that is broken down, and without walls."
Proverbs 25:28, KJV

"But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest
that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself
should be a castaway."
1 Corinthians 9:27, KJV

"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that
exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing
into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"
2 Corinthians 10:5, KJV


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