Re: Al-Azhar says women pregnant by rape must abort baby
In most well-stocked rape centers and hospitals, the morning-after pill should be offered to a woman victimized by rape. The morning-after pill, just by the virtue of timing on how it works, fits within the time frame of aborting fetal formation BEFORE the cells gain a "spirit". Therefore, the morning-after pill has been supported by an overwhelming number of religious scholars today.
There's simply no need to keep the baby anymore. That's provided that a woman gets to a hospital or rape center in time. This is the problem, because many times that doesn't happen. Either she's too injured, or she's locked away by her rapist and can't escape, or she's too afraid or shocked to get herself to a hospital. Many women claim their first instinct is to get in a shower and clean themselves, which is not good, because you lose DNA evidence. So many women just deal with it and never go to a hospital.
Its unfortunate. We're so lucky that we can abort the cell division before a fetus forms after a rape, and we need to inform more women about getting themselves to a rape center/hospital as fast as they can after the crime.