While Chelsey Francis’ article was thought-provoking and hit on some key points, I was disappointed that she chose rape as a reason to promote women’s rights. Rape is a horrible thing, and I can only hope that someday the statistics will go from 32,101 to zero. But ending a pregnancy caused by rape and calling it a “healthy way of coping”–without thinking about the child inside you–is not the responsible way to deal with it. Abortions often end in even more emotional and often physical pain, on top of the trauma caused by the rape. There are so many more alternatives to abortion that women often do not know about or explore. Ending the life of an innocent child because of what their father did should give us pause to consider why exactly we’re doing it. Think about it.