text: There are about 36,000 rapes per year in the USA, and far less that cause a pregnancy. And yes, John, enough couples who would be happy to adopt them.
  
  In response to your service as a rape counselor, I would have thought that's your job to explain to the women raped that carrying the child to term isn't a punishment of them at all. That God still has a purpose for them and their child in life, regardless of what a criminal has done to them.  In God's eyes, they are still pure and untouched. In such circumstances, killing the child isn't going to make the rape go away. Instead, bringing the child to term is a chance to bring a new and perfect life into the world from a violent assault.
  
  A baby is everything that is good about the world, whereas rape is everything that's evil. To associate the former with the latter is to mislead the rape victim. Our culture has permitted abortion since 1970, makes it seem as if a baby is a burden, an expense and an inconvenience in life.