Is abortion justifiable in cases of rape or incest?
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Is abortion justifiable in cases of rape or incest? Abortion:" the expulsion or removal of a human foetus from the uterus before the foetus is capable of independent survival" (Heinemann English dictionary). "...In these tragic cases the great value of the mental health of a woman who becomes pregnant as a result of rape or incest can best be safe-guarded by abortion. It is also said that a pregnancy caused by rape or incest is the result of a grave injustice and that the victim should not be obliged to carry the foetus to viability." Biochemist Andrew Varga "In a rape case, if there's anyone who deserves a death sentence, I think we'd agree that it's the guy who commits the crime. But to say that the child deserves death is to punish a totally innocent bystander. He (or she) had nothing to do with his mother's rape, but now he should be...

