[ronald_reagan]

Hard to be delicate here: in the case of the "fake a rape so as to secure an abortion"... rape, as a violent crime, most often leaves tissue damage that consensual sex does not. While it is, admittedly, a slippery slope, to fully equate the rights of the one in the womb to the one without is, it seems to me, a bit ethically simplistic.

Kobe Bryant is case in point. Its quite obvious he didn't rape her, and it was consensual. But medical findings produced tissue damage.

I am a very simplistic person and I find it hard to grasp the idea of giving more rights to flowers in national parks, than unborn children. The government gives these unborn children protection whenever the mom wants them protected, (murder by another), and the government gives them property rights... but doesn't give them absolute right to life itself. I just think that its hypocritical, the way the government and some people look at things.

But I can completely agree with you, that its a slippery slope, and this is a very tough issue.... One that obviously bothers us both.

It sucks.. we're agreeing. jp