[Vision2020] OSPS-EWG and BEMs

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston at:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8765248
 
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Rape-related pregnancy: estimates and descriptive characteristics from a national sample of women

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.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
 

On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:59 AM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:

> “First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in an interview posted Sunday
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> If some doctor told Akin that, he/she ought have their license suspended immediately.  If not, Akin is another lying sack of feces politician.
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> Why can't politicians debate issues without making things up?  How can we solve problems based on lies?
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> w.
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> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com> wrote:
> And speaking of  OSPS-EWG and BEMs meet the Republican candidate running in Missouri.
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> Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican nominee for Senate in Missouri who is running against Sen. Claire McCaskill, justified his opposition to abortion rights even in case of rape with a claim that victims of “legitimate rape” have unnamed biological defenses that prevent pregnancy.
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> “First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in an interview posted Sunday. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
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> Akin said that even in the worst-case scenario — when the supposed natural protections against unwanted pregnancy fail — abortion should still not be a legal option for the rape victim.  http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php
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> Rose Huskey
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