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Victims and Victors: Speaking Out About Their Pregnancies, Abortions, and Children Resulting from Sexual Assault

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Kudos to the authors for exploring the topic of what happens to the "exceptions" (children born of rape). Rather than just giving statistics (you will note how usually, the pro-life or pro-choice movements merely make reference to us, as it furthers their own cause), the book gives real-life scenarios. Although the message is clearly that the children of these circumstances deserve life, it's nice to hear from some real people, rather than shadowy statistics. We do exist, and it's time people realize this!

This is THE book for those who believe abortion is the best option for a woman who is pregnant due to a rape or incest. These are the stories of the actually women and what they really want - not what abortion advocates proclaim they need. If you have any doubts, this book will clear them up for you. Proof that, once again, abortion is not the better choice, even in such difficult circumstances.

When I picked this up, I was expecting an exploration of the choices faced by women who became pregnant after having been raped. Specifically, I was interested in information on women who had chosen to have their babies whether they actually raised the children or not. And what led them to that decision. But that's not really what I got.

Instead the stories presented here almost all deal with the decision to abort or not abort. Either the women chose abortion and spent a lifetime regretting it. Or they didn't and spent a lifetime thankful that they didn't. It's very abortion-centric, for lack of a better description. Or more correctly, anti-abortion centric.

And that's fine. I was just hoping to find a more rounded picture. But the presentations here didn't really move much beyond the abortion focus.