As with anything said by anyone here, when it is a matter as serious as this, it is good to consult a priest.
That said, the people of God are to encourage one another & hold one another up in the Truth, which is, of course, Christ & His love.
From the World\'s view, there is this horrible crime. It is not a crime of passion, but an attempt to control. It is not an attempt to build (as in a family), but to destroy (as in the soul of the one raped).
As seen as a crime ALONE, the thought of the woman bearing the child of such an act is unthinkable... that she would then be victimized for the next 9 months.
But there is another view. There is the view of God, Who is \\"no respecter of persons\\" (Acts 10:34). He does not differentiate the life of one as being greater than the life of another. Did He even spare His own son?
Proverbs 24:23 says \\"These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment\\". It is wisdom to see both mother and child as equals. Each life deserving of that life.
That 9 months can serve as a time of great healing for the victimized woman. The woman is able to regain her own self-worth thru maintaining the self-worth of this other person who grows within, who totally relies on her alone (with God) to sustain. Obviously, the woman needs the loving support of others to help her do this. In this way, others grow and also become more fully \\"human\\".
Of course this is difficult to do! Every moment the woman has both the reminder of what happened to her ... and also the reminder of God\'s mercy to her.
This is not just a personal theory I spout here. This is what has been shared with me by women who chose life, and are now raising those children; one was single, and the other a woman who did not know if the child she carried was the result of rape or of her husband. Both have been blessed beyond measure for the trust they placed in their God to care for them. They valued life & gave it over to Him; and He gave it back to them more abundantly than they could have asked or imagined.
May we all so love and support one another.
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