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I personally think it's a bit strange that rape and incest are always put into the same category as harmful to the mother- especially incest.

Assuming the child isn't a danger to the mother, it just seems like punishing the child for who their father was.

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I am responding to someone whom I presume to be pro-choice and am trying to see if a compromise is even possible. The most common counter argument to "the baby has the right to life" is that the mothers life takes priority. The situation where the mother's life is in danger (also including rape and incest) is in the minority of cases (citation needed), therefore the majority of abortions could be prevented if conservatives would concede those scenarios.

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