Missouri Republican: 'Legitimate rape' rarely causes pregnancy

[Berkut]

5% of rapes result in pregnancy?

That cannot possibly be right, can it?

Why would the incidence of pregnancy be higher for rape than not rape?

Or is the overall pregnancy rate that high?

[DGuller]

5% of rapes result in pregnancy?

That cannot possibly be right, can it?

Why would the incidence of pregnancy be higher for rape than not rape?

Or is the overall pregnancy rate that high?

  Yeah, sounded like BS to me too when I read it.  With that kind of fertility advantage, just Darwinian pressures alone would ensure that very quickly all men would have a "rapist" gene.  Hmm, maybe feminists have a point? 

[Richard Hakluyt]

My magic Balls of Power have a higher success rate than that 

[garbon]

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-Unintended-Pregnancy-US.html

In 2006, there were 52 unintended pregnancies for every 1,000 women aged 15–44. In other words, about 5% of reproductive-age women have an unintended pregnancy each year.

[DGuller]

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-Unintended-Pregnancy-US.html

In 2006, there were 52 unintended pregnancies for every 1,000 women aged 15–44. In other words, about 5% of reproductive-age women have an unintended pregnancy each year.

That would support the 5% figure, if every woman had unplanned unprotected sex exactly once a year.

[Richard Hakluyt]

This might help :

http://www.cks.nhs.uk/contraception_emergency/background_information/chances_of_becoming_pregnant_after_sex

[alfred russel]

In the middle ages, didn't people believe that rape couldn't result in pregnancy?

[alfred russel]

5% of rapes result in pregnancy?

That cannot possibly be right, can it?

Why would the incidence of pregnancy be higher for rape than not rape?

Or is the overall pregnancy rate that high?

Maybe there is a reporting bias?

[Sheilbh]

Reminds me of Ken Clarke's 'rape rape' and 'proper rape' comments. The word Akin is looking for now is sorry.

[CountDeMoney]

It should be interesting to see how the Romney-Ryan campaign continues to distance themselves from Congressman Akin, considering how Akin and Ryan were the sole cosponsors from HR 3 last year, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act", which would've eliminated federal funding in cases of "forcible rape", differentiating it from "statutory rape".

[Iormlund]

Reminds me of Ken Clarke's 'rape rape' and 'proper rape' comments. The word Akin is looking for now is sorry.

I would think the words should be "congratulations to my opponent".

[garbon]

It should be interesting to see how the Romney-Ryan campaign continues to distance themselves from Congressman Akin, considering how Akin and Ryan were the sole cosponsors from HR 3 last year, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act", which would've eliminated federal funding in cases of "forcible rape", differentiating it from "statutory rape".

Why should they need to continue if they've already said they do not agree with his comments?

[CountDeMoney]

Why should they need to continue if they've already said they do not agree with his comments?

Because it's the top of the news cycle for the week, and it's going to be driven into the ground Berkut-style by everyone, from Democrats to the media to Akin's Mittenesque deflection, simply saying he "misspoke".

You think a single paragraph news release on a Sunday night is going to do the trick on this clusterfuck?  I know you're not that fucking naive, so drop the Yicratic Method.  There's only one person good at that bullshit around here.

[garbon]

Why should they need to continue if they've already said they do not agree with his comments?

Because it's the top of the news cycle for the week, and it's going to be driven into the ground Berkut-style by everyone, from Democrats to the media to Akin's Mittenesque deflection, simply saying he "misspoke".

You think a single paragraph news release on a Sunday night is going to do the trick on this clusterfuck?  I know you're not that fucking naive, so drop the Yicratic Method.  There's only one person good at that bullshit around here.

What's sad is that you're acting as though this is really relevant to the campaign and that they are stumbling around for an answer.  They've already established that they don't agree with his comments so isn't hard to imagine that they'd continue in that vein...and that's hardly interesting.

[CountDeMoney]

What's sad is that you're acting as though this is really relevant to the campaign and that they are stumbling around for an answer.  They've already established that they don't agree with his comments so isn't hard to imagine that they'd continue in that vein...and that's hardly interesting.

They're going to be playing damage control all week;  they're not going to have a choice in the matter.