Republican Peter Roskam recently asked this question in an interview: "Why can women have abortions if rapists can't be executed?"
Roskam equates rape with abortion. If an expectant mother is suffering from a serious illness, and the proper medical procedure is to interrupt the pregnancy to prevent the death of the mother, Roskam says that is the same as rape. And he wants to legislate all of these social issues, including in-vitro fertilization. (Make it a rule that all embryo's are brought to fruition. As in born. Federal law.) We think that Roskam is a right wing nut job who doesn't represent the sixth district.
We don't like abortion. But we also don't want the Government in our doctor's offices, in our Churches, in our bedrooms or in any other venue where personal freedom should be sacrosanct.
And we need to stop comparing the choices that a woman faces with the choices that a criminal makes. It is not the same thing.