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When did RAPE become acceptable over abortion? When the church said so.....

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/11/brazil.rape.aborti...

So let me get this straight, it is better to rape a CHILD and impregnate her than it is to abort the result of said rape???? The thinking behind this is so convoluted.... This child was repeatedly raped by a family member for three years and when she became pregnant, the adults did the right thing. THEN - they were all kicked out of their religion. Who in their right mind would WANT to belong to that religion? Where, by the way, were all these caring adults when she was being raped in the first place? I hope that people will someday realise that the church often speaks out of both sides of their mouth, changing 'rules' when needed, denying facts of life and taking advantage of the poor and the sick. The children that are being systematically hurt by the church's decisions need a voice to speak for them.

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Permalink Reply by Ally on April 19, 2010 at 4:40pm

Precisely!

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Permalink Reply by Tom Thompson on April 22, 2010 at 6:23am

You haven't read the old testament methinks.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Anker on April 22, 2010 at 1:14pm

Except the OT never once mentions abortion as an issue. And you can be certain women of those days knew which herbs and poisons would help expel an unwanted child.

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Permalink Reply by Neon Genesis on April 18, 2010 at 1:55pm

Apparently in the Catholic church, protecting the sanctity of their disproved and sexist religious beliefs is more important than protecting the well being of a child.

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Permalink Reply by x Secular X Combatant x on April 21, 2010 at 5:17pm

ever notice how keywords become the new flags, waved, for society x etc...?

penitentiary |ˌpenəˈten sh ərē|
noun ( pl. -ries)
1 a prison for people convicted of serious crimes.
2 (in the Roman Catholicspartan? Church) a priest charged with certain aspects of the administration of the sacrament of penance.
• an office in the papal court forming a tribunal for deciding on questions relating to penance, dispensations, and absolution.
ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in ecclesiastical law): from medieval Latin paenitentiarius, from Latin paenitentia ‘repentance.’ Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.

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Permalink Reply by John Murray on April 22, 2010 at 12:35am

Nice post, I did not know that. So, it is left up to the abusers to decide? Why is the meaning different for catholics?

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Permalink Reply by Pansy on April 18, 2010 at 2:09pm

too disgusted to reply.....

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Permalink Reply by x Secular X Combatant x on April 21, 2010 at 5:16pm

when there's a dollar sign attached... do the math. In regards to all that is religion and profits (not prophets)

I have only disdain and hate for rapists. It's like going to jail for life without going to the facility with bars; the bars are put into the mind(s) of the victims. Castration is always an interesting option. What year are we in?