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In response to ""Michele Bachmann needs to come out and make a strong case for rape as a positive force in society. She's losing the crazy crown." -- nm" by Don Homer

the 90s study being tossed around suggests 32,000 rape babies are born every year in the US ...

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Aug 21 '12, 11:12

... you've gotta wonder how many of them end up with a healthy relationship with their mother, versus the number that don't. It must be one of the hardest things ever to have to see your rapist's face in the face of your child every day.

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I thought it just suggested that many pregnancies? -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 11:20 17
- and? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 21, 11:22 1
  - a certain number of those (probably higher than average) will end in abortion. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 11:22
- You might be right. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 21, 11:20 14
  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8765248 -- (link) - mara Aug 21, 11:22 13
    - am I reading this right ? 32,000 pregnancies and pregnancies occur in 5% of rapes each year? - decline Aug 21, 11:26 3
      - I'm not sure about definitions and methodology, but this has a smaller number. -- (link) - mara Aug 21, 11:29 1
        
        methodology is important, because they may or may not be including the assumed unreported numbers. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 11:31
      - they don't give methodology but it may include statutory cases. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 11:27
    - My math says 10,332 kept the baby. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 11:25 8
      - Now the question is, was that because abortion wasn't available to them as an option? -- nm - TWuG Aug 21, 11:26 7
        
        it's available everywhere, last I knew. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 11:28 6
        
        Not even close to everywhere unless you mean each state has at least 1 provider. - TWuG Aug 21, 11:29 5
        
        is that still true (each state has 1+)? -- nm - Don Homer Aug 21, 11:31 3
        
        "14 percent of obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States provide abortions" -- (link) - mara Aug 21, 11:36
        
        There was a thing about a state with 1 provider and a new law that would probably force it to close - TWuG Aug 21, 11:35 1
        
        I wonder if it was a clinic that was an option for low-income women, or something. If you have money, I think even Kansas has more than doctor who'll - mara Aug 21, 11:37
        
        oh, I thought you meant not legally available. -- nm - loosilu Aug 21, 11:30
If they asked the woman if the pregnancy was actually due to a rape or consensual sex, I think they'd be surprised by the answer. - Mop (197 lbs) Aug 21, 11:18
If TV has taught me anything, it's that they grow up to be cops that are really good at handling sexually charged crimes. -- nm - TWuG Aug 21, 11:18
hmm. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 21, 11:16

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