Is rape a reason to have an abortion? Many viewpoints I have examined believe that rape should not be a reason for abortion. The baby who will become a life should not be a victim. The life that develops inside the victim is that of an innocent child and should not suffer the same consequences as the victim. On this path, I agree with pro-lifers that rape is not a justification for abortion. In the words of Andrew Napolitano: Rape is among the most horrific violations of human dignity imaginable. It is a crime committed by the man, not the woman – and certainly not by the child he may father. When rape results in pregnancy, the baby has the same right to life as any child born to mutually loving parents. Only Nazis would execute a child for his father's crimes.