Mark,

"Abortion should be legal out of regard for the interests of the pregnant woman." As Catholics, we believe that God created us in His image and likeness. Mark, God created us to know, love and serve Him. Abortion destroys God's creation and destroys the gift of Life that God has bestowed upon the child that has been conceived, whether it is the fruit of the natural marriage act, rape or incest. If one trusts in God (and not our own limited knowledge) and asks His help in a difficult situation, one will find the strength and receive the graces necessary to make a decision that pleases God, for example carrying the baby to term out of love for God and His creation and giving the baby up for adoption or and yes, it does happen in cases of incest and rape, that mothers decide to raise the child, believing that this child which was conceived, (even though under such unnatural and terrible conditions) and growing in their womb is a part of themselves not only the perpetrator.