If that is true, abortion is ok. The baby won't suffer but will be given a free ticket to heaven. Stem cells are taken from blastocysts which would have been destroyed anyways. It's kind of like taking the mold in your shower and studying it rather than spraying disinfectant on it. The stem cells are gained from extra embryos made from in vitro fertilization (sp?). Testing is done with the approval of the parents. If you are to condemn abortion, you must understand why you are condemning it. Do you believe it is murder? Do you believe it weakens our genetic potential (richer people have abortions while the poor procreate thereby dirtying the gene pool)? Whatever the reason, most people seem to feel that abortion is murder. Hence, abortion in cases of rape is committing a felony when another felony is committed. If you believe two wrongs make a right then this case is logically sound. But to say abortion is ok because of rape and not ok in cases of consensual sex is to say that you disagree with abortion not because you think it's murder, but because you are against non-procreative consensual sex. You don't want people having consensual sex and not getting pregnant. You want women. who partakes in sexual intercourse to get pregnant. The difference between rape on consensual sex is about where consent lies. If there is no consent, murder is ok. If there is consent murder is not ok. Do you see the difference? Opposing abortion except in cases of rape is not because you are against the murdering of little children (although you might be, it doesn't happen to be the greater case here) but because you are against non-procreative sex. One thing most people don't realize is that CRIMINALIZING ABORTION WILL NOT REDUCE ABORTION. Teaching people how to prevent themselves from getting into a situation that they would consider abortion is the better course of action IF YOU'RE AGAINST ABORTION. That means teaching comprehensive, age-appropriate, sex education.