I don't think I would feel comfortable with someone else raising a child I gave birth to. Unless of course if I was disabled or so poor that I could not reasonably take care of the infant myself. Everyone loves babies and I know that even though I have no experience with a baby, I would get a lot of help from mothers from my congregation to assist me in taking care of a baby. I think my husband might feel weird in the beginning since the child was not "technically" his, but I know that he would be nuturing and caring. He is nice to my cats, I can't see him being unloving to a baby.

I don't think there is a right or wrong answer to this - it is up to the person who is raped - but if I were a woman and got raped, leading to pregnancy, I would want to abort the child in the first instance. My reasoning behind this is that however loving the child might grow up to be they would be a constant reminder of the pain and humiliation, the degradation that I was put through by some mentally deficient, power-hungry neanderthal. How could I give unconditional love to such a reminder? If I was forced, because of narrow-minded laws, to give birth, then I would keep the baby and care for it as much as I could to create a life that would give instead of take.

i wouldnt purely because i believe in honesty, and if my child was to grow up and say who is my father, i wouldnt lie, and this child would grow up with some SERIOUS issues! also its not fair, as in this country majority of rapists have the HIVirus, and the child would then be born with a death sentence!

Yes. I don't believe in abortions and I would never be able to give it up for adoption.

Yes

I am not a female, but i would like to answer this question. Being raped carries huge psychological effects on the woman, during and after the rape. i am not big on abortions, but in this situation, i would agree that it would be necessary. the baby would be a constant reminder of the rape and the woman might suffer, mentally, forever. The baby. Being raped and consequently pregnant, can be a lifetime of pain for both mother and child. not knowing the father is the major problem. is he a mental patient, does he have aids, whats his medical background, is he a drug addict? and so on. keeping the child could be only the beginning of a lifetime of misery for both the mother and child, especially if the baby is born with birth defects. this would be a gamble, that no woman should take. For a woman to be raped is tragic. To keep the child, could be a lifetime of sorrow......for both.

its easy to answer this question coz this is just a question and noone is in the situation.. honestly i dunno what will im going to do if that happens.. but i hope it WON'T! !!!!

i would, yes...to me babies dont have to pay for the mistakes their parents make in life. yes it would hurt me to get raped and i dont wish that on nobody, but a baby is precious no matter how it was concieved.

Whether or not I would keep the baby would never arise, as I would take the Plan B pill immediately. If it didn't work, I'd have an abortion. A baby would never exist.

I can't honestly say for sure, because thankfully I have yet to be pregnant. But to be honest, I think I would have an abortion. I don't think I could even do adoption

No. I would like to think I would, but at my age I would put the baby up for adoption. I am adopted and I am thankful I was given the gift of life.

No I would donate it to medical science. I am a man.

I would take the Morning After Pill that the hospitals give. I don't think I could raise the child knowing it was conceived through rape. Having to have a constant reminder for both the child and me of the rape would be unbearable.

It's a definate possibility but I could not say for sure unless I was actually in the reality of the situation.

I would not be pregnant if I was raped. EDIT MY COMMENT BUTTON IS NOT WORKING. for the slime ball that gave me a -2 rating on this answer i hope if you are female you have the same problems I have and if you are male your dick drops off

I would seriously need to consider the circumstances. I would not find my being raped a justifiable reason to murder my baby, if that is what is being asked. For me, I want many children and giving birth may be a way for me to cleanse myself of all the hatred that went into the rape. I would feel as though I had been given a gift. I KNOW that many women would not feel this way and so I hope that nobody takes offense to my very own opinion, which is what I believe the question is after.

No. i would terminate as soon as i knew i was pregnant.

raising a rapists baby would haunt you for life. every time you look at it it would remind you of that rapist. so NO WAY!

No. Plan B or abortion. I would not want a child of mine to be a constant reminder of trauma, nor would I want to bring into this world and have someone adopt a child who was created in a hateful manner.

I would keep it, because the child would be a mircale of science. I'm a guy.

No, absolutely not -- if I don't have an abortion, then I'd give it up for adoption. I have clinical depression, a history of being abused during my childhood, and some other disorders. I think not only I'd handle it terribly, but the child would probably end up just as messed up as me, if not more, and it would be my fault. There aren't excuses for that, at least not to me and for me.

I didn't want to, but I was only 14 and had to do what my mother said. A few months later, after I had started to accept the fact that I was having a baby and would have to deal with it, I had a miscarriage... It was confusing.

I was,and I did. It did not change my belief that everything happens for a reason.I do not justify what happened,but I do justify my sons right to life and the right for him to be with his me,his birthmother. Yes,there are times when I look at him,there are certain features that he has that remind me of the man who decided to do this.But...the joy that my son brings to my life far outweighs any negative thoughts or feelings I have toward the event. I don't know as of yet how exactly to handle it when he is older,he is still a baby.I just don't know what I can say to him about his father,I guess I have a little time to think about it. As far as child support,I refuse to co-operate,in the state I live in,the natural father has 50% custody of thier children,whether they pay child support or not,whether it was rape or not.So I am the single and only parent/gardian in his life and hope to stay that way,although a part of me wishes that I had help of the responsible party,I prefer to never see him or hear about him ever again.It may be selfish,I don't know.I feel like he should pay child support with no rights to see the child,but unfortunatly,it does not work that way. I am happy that It was not extremely brutal and that I am still alive,I am enjoying my little son,on the other hand,if it was more brutal,then at least I would not have the re-occuring thoughts of getting his birthfather involved at all.I am currently in therapy and soon to take parenting classes for I never planned on or new it was even possible for me to concieve,for doctors told me that I was sterile.I could not deny the miracle within the tragedy.And I embraced it.I hope this helps someone out there,someone like me.

Well, I've never been there, and experience can sometimes change the way you think of things but from where I'm standing now my answer is no way in hell.

Yes have the baby, you will love someone innocent coming from you. and your child will love the choice you made.

I am against abortion. I would keep the baby. One of my niece's is a product of rape, and she is a wonderful human being. She wouldn't be here today if her mother would of aborted her. Her Mother was able to get over the traumatic experience. She said it wasn't easy, but she had three choices. She could kill herself, and end everything, abort the baby, and feel guilty for killing a child, or keep the child, and know that a wonderful and beautiful gift came out of the situation. I wouldn't abort. I was basically raped. I was depressed at the time, and taken advantage of, but I wouldn't trade my Daughter for the world. She is my Precious Gem, she is Priceless. I just know that all aborted (Meaning you killed an innocent child) all go back to God.

of course!

I don't think so, but I can't really be sure. The baby had nothing to do with the act which created him. I do know that I do not believe in abortion except in extreme cases when lives are at stake. I would most probably give him/her up for adoption. There are so many couples who desperately want children and my baby would have the chance to grow up in a loving home never having to know how he came to be here.

No, The rapist might want to see the baby at some point which means you will have to see him sometime and everytime you do, you could replay/flash-back to when you were raped. To add to that, what would the kid think of you and ask you when it grows up, with a rapist for a father.

Yes, I'd keep the baby, though I also understand the other position.

No !!! I would not like a reminder every day of how I got raped

As a man who has been threatened with being raped on several occasions, I have had to think about this long & hard in the past, & I will have to say that, Yes, I would keep the baby.

I personaly would, but I dont talk for most people. I just feel that a baby has no say how it got here and deserves a good life. The rapist should be locked up like the animal he is!

I am very very sorry. Most people are terrified in trying to answer such a dire question.....that is the ONLY reason you are alone. There are alot of people that can give you advice on selecting your decision...but not on here.

I am sorry to hear about your story. But if you got a beautiful baby out of the deal then that is wonderful! I think everyone would have to decide based on how they could handle the situation. Some may not be strong enough and it would be the best thing for the child to be given up. If someone can deal with it then it doesnt matter if other people understand or not. Actually either way it doesnt matter what others think! Good luck to you.

In a way I was raped because the guy I was talking to at the time was 22 and I was only 14. He used to manipulate me and say bad things to me so that I would not leave him. I was scared of him too. I felt that it was my fault at the time and did not even press charges against him. Later I found out that he went to jail anyway. So I did not keep her but I did have her and no I would Never consider killing an unborn child. It was not the childs fault. But I was too young to keep her so I gave her to a happy christian family. It happens to many woman and we are not alone.

a baby has a right to live just like everyone else. the baby did not ask for it to be connived and it shouldn't be blamed for something that happened before it was born. people should try and support the woman instead of saying that killing the baby will make everything go away because it wont. not only have you been raped but you then KILLED a child because of some else's action. did you know that a baby has a heart beat when it is 23 days old? or that all its organs are in place by the 8th week and leading scientist from around the world believe that babies can feel pain. the baby also has its first dream by the time it is 16 weeks (might not be very imaginative though)also what allot of people assume is that the mother will be emotionally damage for the rest of her life and that the baby will become suicidal and wish it was dead bla bla bla. THIS 9/10 IS NOT TRUE i personally know someone who was raped and connived twins! she was afraid that she wouldn't love them but when she gave birth she said that is was unbelievable and she felt so ashamed to ever even though that she couldn't accept them as HER CHILDREN. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20041128/ai_n12912474 this story really does put things into perspective. (and to answer the question i would keep the baby lol)

I have been in this situation. It is the hardest thing I have ever been through. I believed that it wasn't my baby's fault that this happened to me and it shouldn't suffer because of it. I chose not to tell anyone what was happening because I knew they would say I was wrong so I kept it a secret for everyone. I decided I would raise the child to the best of my ability and ensure that it turned into a good person. Those few weeks were the saddest and happiest of my life. I had had something terrible happen to me but a mirracle had come from it. I knew I would be reminded of my ordeal every time I looked at my son or daughter but their face would remind me how lucky I was to be alive. When I was 11 weeks pregnant I had a misscariage. Nothing that happens in my life will ever come close to how I felt. I know I was right to choose to keep my baby because it was innocent.

I realize what a hard decision this would be for any woman. I have never been put in this position. However, my biological mother did not want me. Therefore, I could never imagine subjecting a child to those kinds of emotions. I would have the child and I would keep it. It is most certainly not the child's fault. I will not say that I do not understand women who choose not to keep their child, but I will say that I feel the only excuse for having an abortion would be medical reasons. These are my feelings on the subject anyway.....

If I were raped there wouldn't be a baby. I'd have an abortion.

Great question... one to ponder on. And I think for myself the answer would be, I would decide IF it ever happened to me. I can't really know for sure.