Does anyone not have any questions about the rape aspects? Or Life of the mother? Or father's rights? Or grossly deformed children?
Well I dont, because these things seem pretty clear to me.
Rape or no rape, having a termination should be a womens choice. It would just add to the cruelty of the situation, if a women had to justify having the termination in order for it to be allowed, by giving details of the rape. Some women dont even report rape, because of the ordeal of reporting it at all, to somebody or people who will not treat her with the sensitivity she deserves.
A pregnancy simply should not continue, if it could kill the mother, unless she insists on it.
Fathers have a right to prevent themselves becomming fathers by having vasectomies or using condoms. Women are always going to be the ones who take most responsibility for a pregnancy and birth and often are the ones who take most responsibility for looking after babies and children. There is no way it would be acceptable to hand over a womens righs over her body to a man or men. Havent our western societies at least got past this question yet? Men owning women is not longer acceptable in this part of the world, and womens organisations are fighting hard to end it in all parts of the world.
As concerns a deformed child, the responsibility for taking care of such a child as with any child would more likely fall heavily on the mothers shoulders. This child would need a lot of care and special help, so I think the mother should decide if she can do it.
But, as a number of people pointed out, these questions are irrelevant, because so many women are risking their lives as it is, around the world to have illegal abortions. As far as I can see the most important thing is to make what is being doing anyway safe and legal, so women do not continue to put themselves at risk both healthwise and politicallywise. Then after that is done, societies can do what they can to encourage women to have their babies, by making societies supportive of women and motherhood.
If women and motherhood were respected, in the first place in all societies, then there likely would not be so many abortions. Women cant really be expected to go through an enforced pregnancy and birth and then possible motherhood, in societies where these things will only reduce her status. Capitalist societies do not support motherhood, because mothers dedicate so much of their time and themselves to motherhood rather than earning a lot of money. But, societies which are not so capatilist yet often do not respect the rights of women and children at all. Despite having the more nurturing nature, women are rejecting motherhood for respect, freedom, wealth... because these at the things that will give her some status. Motherhood wont.