re: I don't understand some states abortion laws not having an exception for rape and incest

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Listen, if the only way to have an abortion was to claim “rape”, they will claim it, regardless if it was or wasn’t. Their is no consequences for a women to file a false rape case on a man, if the only option for an abortion was rape, they will claim they were raped. Innocent men would constantly be fighting for their lives in a courtroom over false rape cases because a liberal wanted to terminate her pregnancy. The politicians knew this and that’s why they didn’t allow rape, they weren’t going to see men constantly get accused falsely.

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Exactly.

Rape is an absolutely disgusting crime. I can't imagine the physical, and moreso mental pain it causes a woman who has been raped. That said, if conception via rape is a "loophole" left in an abortion ban law it is guaranteed to be exploited because it will often be unfeasible to implement.

Rape CONVICTIONS generally take at least several months, often well over a year to reach. The child would almost assuredly be born before a conviction is reach. A "rape exception" is really an exception for ALLEGATIONS of rape. While we would all hope this wouldn't be the case, if a woman in a state that bans abortion becomes pregnant and absolutely does not want to have the baby it is not out of the question to think she could become desperate and claim the child was conceived via rape as a means to allowing her to get an abortion. Even if ultimately the charges of rape are dismissed, or the accused is held not guilty, the child would have already been aborted. It is not like the pregnancy can be put on hold to see the outcome of a rape charge.