He was talking about the morality of abortion with someone and then branched out to rape as an example why morality is important. Morality makes us focus on the victim.
The mother is not a victim of pregnancy. She is not the victim in abortion.
That was his point. We should assist the needs of the victim, NOT the assailant.
That is why rapists do NOT have their needs/desires represented. They are the aggresser. Their reasons for assaulting the victim do not matter.
If it were done this way with abortion, the baby's life would be protected in the womb unless it endangered the life of the mother.
Grow up guys. He was using rape as an EXAMPLE to prove his stance on abortion.
He never once said rape is ok.
You say the baby is the victim?
Ok, so then following that the mother is to be held hostage by the victim for up to 9 months, possibly creating illness, certainly creating inconvenience and at the end what then? Is the mother now sentenced to raise the child to adulthood? Is she forced to give her own child up to strangers by law? Who is now responsible for the child that has been created without the consent of the mother? If the mother uses drugs or acts irresponsibly will she now be charged with attempted murder?
Abortion is not a great solution but there is no other solution where we are not infringing upon the rights of one person based upon the classification of another and it raises a host of other issues such as the ones above.
On the flip side, government should in no way be subsidizing anything related to abortion. If a woman wants one she should have to pay for it or find a private charity that covers the cost.
Everyone should have the right to do what they want with their bodies including abortion, euthanasia, mutilation and likely a host of other things that might horrify the average person. If you want freedom you have to be prepared to be offended by others exercise of it.