Word: rapes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Isenberg was accosted early Sunday morning in the lobby of her apartment, where the assailant robbed her of $12 and then forced her to the roof of the seven-story apartment, according to official reports. The assailant then tried to rape her, and when she resisted, stabbed her nine times, police said...
...York news conference earlier this week, police said that Isenberg had described her assailant as "male Black, light skinned, with an apparently clean-shaven face and a square jaw." Police believe the man killed Isenberg after trying to rape and rob her when she returned to her appartment...
There is also the question of a rape exception. Pro-lifers who oppose it must justify the use of victims' bodies as vessels which, as a result of a traumatizing, violent crime, produce unwanted offspring...
Moreover, pro-lifers who favor a rape exception face even more complex questions, because they would only allow abortion following the rapist's conviction. But what if the woman could not positively identify her assailant? Or if she chooses not to prosecute? Or if the case drags on for more than nine months...
...more disturbing. Should indeed women who have experienced the sensation of a new life growing within them be the most prone to end that life, he has given a sorry commentary on the moral sensibility of Radcliffe women. I believe abortion to be justifiable under a number of circumstances (rape, for example). I would hope, however, that Radcliffe women would think twice before automatically deciding that a "goal-oriented" view of life, or the embarrassment and inconvenier of unwed pregnancy are reason enough to abort an unborn child. Judith R. Cohen...