Slut of the Town

So I'm sitting in the soc/anth/women's studies lounge as I do most days... working on a take home exam, doing some readings and just generally being happy to be away from my apartment for a few hours. This place is a home to me; there are a lot of days when my entire day is spent here, meals and all. I like it because it's quiet enough to get work done, but I don't feel completely isolated because there are usually people floating in and out all day. Today there is a group of girls that I don't know or recognize. They don't know I'm writing about them as they sit 10 feet away from me. Times like this, I identify with Harriet the Spy... I'm in the world, but not of it. Quietly watching, taking down interesting bits of conversation and thinking about the state of humanity.
At least one of them is writing a paper about abortion for a philosophy class. (I recognized the topic as being from a second year course which is a lot harder than I thought it would be.) It's hard to weave in personal opinions and hardcore values to this course and do well. One of their arguments astounded me. They believed abortion was fine under the circumstances of rape, abuse and if the woman had been using protection. Only if she'd been using protection. If she had been using protection. Oh dear. Where to begin?
-why is it only the woman's responsibility? I believe there was a male there, too if an abortion is required.
-How the hell are you going to prove that she was or wasn't using protection?
-why does it matter? Get the fuck out of her bedroom.
-they said it wouldn't be ok to have an abortion if she'd been "the town slut". Again, shut up and get the fuck out of her bedroom. Why does the number of sexual partners matter when it comes to abortion? The results are the same...an unwanted embryo.
-I'd think that someone with such a conservative stance on abortion would say the slutty mother doesn't deserve to have that embryo in her. That there is no possible way that kid could be raised properly... that people who have multiple partners shouldn't by any means raise children.
ok, enough people watching. I'd have loved to jumped into that conversation full force, but it would have been rude (whereas posting it online is clearly not) and I wouldn't have heard the entire thing.