JB, in relation to the population of the United States, the number of individuals that actually think a woman who has been raped has any obligation is insignificantly insignificant. I would imagine it is significantly less than the number of liberals who think it is okay for the IRS to target Tea Party non-profits.Yet, that is the excuse liberals always use, the one scare tactic they throw out at the voters in close elections. "Quick, make the conservative state he is pro life, so we can suggest through innuendo that he wants raped women to raise the rape-offspring." Phhhtt.
Any state that voluntarily sends Al Franken to the Senate to represent their needs, is a pretty f----- up state. As for gay rights -shrugs- like I've said before who cares, government shouldn't be involved in marriage either way.
Yeah, the only difference between Franken and someone like Reagan is that Franken is smarter than 90% of congress, left and right (and Reagan). He can actually read and think for himself and doesn't need advice from his wife's psychic network.
Government shouldn'tbe involved in marriage either way, eh? That's the kind of offhand cavelier remark I've come to expect from concerned conservatives. It's right up there with suggesting raped women who have babies from being raped is insignificant, or that those women are used as a scare tactic.
Please enlighetn me on the real beliefs of conservatives when rape produces babies, however insignificant you believe the number to be. Grt it out in the open. The women or young girls are expected to carry and give birth, aren't they? Who is forced to pay for the meical bills?There's no free pass to get an abortion, is there? Going to give the rapists paternal privileges, too?
And though I've asked several times, no conservative has answered my questrion about what happens if they get their way and a constitutional amendment is adopted forbiding abortions. Besides being the ultimate form of government interference (if you look at the existing amendments, rthey focus on what people can do, not what they can't), what happpens to girls and women who get illegal abortions? Since conservatives consider abortion murder, will the females be put to death in states with the death penalty? Sent to prison for life for pre-meditated murder? This isn't a scare tactic. You can't have it both ways. Either it's murder or it's not. if not, what is it? If it is, simply answer my question: death penalty or not?
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1996 Aug;175(2):320-4; discussion 324-5.
Rape-related pregnancy: estimates and descriptive characteristics from a national sample of women.
Holmes MM, Resnick HS, Kilpatrick DG, Best CL.
Source
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-2233, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
We attempted to determine the national rape-related pregnancy rate and provide descriptive characteristics of pregnancies that result from rape.
STUDY DESIGN:
A national probability sample of 4008 adult American women took part in a 3-year longitudinal survey that assessed the prevalence and incidence of rape and related physical and mental health outcomes.
RESULTS:
The national rape-related pregnancy rate is 5.0% per rape among victims of reproductive age (aged 12 to 45); among adult women an estimated 32,101 pregnancies result from rape each year. Among 34 cases of rape-related pregnancy, the majority occurred among adolescents and resulted from assault by a known, often related perpetrator. Only 11.7% of these victims received immediate medical attention after the assault, and 47.1% received no medical attention related to the rape. A total 32.4% of these victims did not discover they were pregnant until they had already entered the second trimester; 32.2% opted to keep the infant whereas 50% underwent abortion and 5.9% placed the infant for adoption; an additional 11.8% had spontaneous abortion.
CONCLUSIONS:
Rape-related pregnancy occurs with significant frequency. It is a cause of many unwanted pregnancies and is closely linked with family and domestic violence. As we address the epidemic of unintended pregnancies in the United States, greater attention and effort should be aimed at preventing and identifying unwanted pregnancies that result from sexual victimization.
