By now everybody knows Richard Mourdock said "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended to happen." He never really apologized, though he tried to walk it back, saying he was talking about "life," rather than rape (though he never answered how that rape --> life was God's will). That, though, is not what I want to talk about. What I want to talk about is the hateful and ignorant conversation that followed.
So many people, primarily men, insist a woman should "just" (yeah, right, as if 9 months of pregnancy was the same as sweeping a few leaves or washing a dish) have the baby and put it up for adoption. Really? I have some news for you, folks, in 31 States rapists have paternal rights, and in the others, paternal rights aren't terminated absent a conviction (or in some cases civil finding) for rape. Do you know what that means? Yup, it means the woman can't "just" have the baby and put it up for adoption without the rapist's permission. Think about that for a few minutes, why don't you, before telling a woman what she should "just" do.
