Thanks very much for engaging...first off, the numbers of forced and coerced pregnancies are not
small, as the linked study shows...here the 'Results' and 'Conclusion' sections...
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Results:
One in 20 women in the U.S., or over 5.9 million women, experienced a pregnancy from either rape, sexual coercion, or both during their lifetimes. Non-Hispanic Multiracial women experienced a higher prevalence of all three outcomes compared with non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic women. Among victims who experienced pregnancy from rape, 28% experienced a sexually transmitted disease, 66% were injured, and over 80% were fearful or concerned for their safety.
Conclusions:
Pregnancy as a consequence of rape or sexual coercion is experienced by an estimated six million U.S. women. Prevention efforts may include healthcare screenings to identify violence exposure and use of evidence-based prevention approaches to reduce sexual violence.
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Next, we all know that for Catholics, Pope Francis has not recanted his words from a couple of years ago...i.e. 'The Personhood of a fetus is debated'...and that the Magisterium of the RCC has never taught that it....yet, we all know that the Personhood of a woman is not up for debate.
Continuing on with Catholic teaching, the Catechism of the RCC, while firmly against Killing, has a section (#2309) that allows for "Just Wars", provided certain conditions are met. It's not hard to imagine the numbers of killings that result from a war...including innocents...Note the RCC uses the term "Prudential Judgement" as the underpinning of that teaching...we should discuss its application to the abortion issue.
Looking beyond the RCC, other well established religions...for example Judaism...teach that 'Personhood' does not begin until birth, while others...e.g. Islam and some Protestant sects...say it begins at "Quickening"....therefore, when it comes to government involvement, and our 1st Amendment, it should not choose one religious opinion over another, and based on 50 years of surveys of ALL Americans - including Catholics - consistently, 80-90% of them support the legalization of abortion for what you call 'Rare' events of forced or coerced pregnancies.
With that being said, the "Prudential Judgement" should be what the Supreme Court decided 50 years ago with Roe v. Wade.
You should also know from my previous posts that I share the urgency to reduce the number of abortions, through 1) availability of contraceptives, 2) sex/sexuality education for all ages, and 3) more funding for programs that make it easier for women to decide to carry pregnancies to term.
While we all would like to see a perfect world where every pregnancy is joyfully anticipated, that's not reality, and too many innocent women are physically and mentally traumatized by forced and coerced pregnancies...they should not be ignored...and as evidence shows, they will never let that happen and go back to the days of "Back Alley" abortions which were all too common prior to Roe v Wade.
Your turn...
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10951889/