A 1987 study also found a 5% pregnancy rate from rape among 18- to 24-year-old college students in the US. Rate Ī 1996 study of 44 cases of rape-related pregnancy estimated that in the United States, the pregnancy rate is 5.0% per rape among victims of reproductive age (aged 12 to 45). The network took that survey’s annual average of 64,080 rapes committed in 20 and applies the 5 percent pregnancy rate to reach an estimate of 3,204 pregnancies a year from rape. The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, a charity based in Washington, D.C., reached a much lower figure calculated using estimates from the Justice Department’s 2005 National Crime Victimization Survey.
Other analyses indicate a much lower rate. Stewart and economist James Trussell estimated that the 333,000 assaults and rapes reported in the US in 1998 caused about 25,000 pregnancies, and up to 22,000 of those pregnancies could have been prevented by prompt medical treatment, such as emergency contraception. In a 1996 three-year longitudinal study of 4,000 American women, physician Melisa Holmes estimated from data from her study that forced sexual intercourse causes over 32,000 pregnancies in the United States each year. Recent estimates suggest that rape conception happens between 25,000 and 32,000 times each year in the U.S. 5.2 Beliefs about whether rape can result in pregnancyĮstimates of the numbers of pregnancies from rape vary widely.1.3 Statutory rape, incest and underage pregnancy.1.2 Sociobiological theories of rape pregnancy.In recent decades, some anti-abortion organizations and politicians (such as Todd Akin) who oppose legal abortion in cases of rape have advanced claims that pregnancy very rarely arises from rape, and that the practical relevance of such exceptions to abortion law is, therefore, limited or non-existent. A woman's pregnancy was thought to mean that she had enjoyed the sex and, therefore, consented to it. In Europe, from medieval times well into the 18th century a man could use a woman's pregnancy as a legal defense to "prove" that he could not have raped her. The false belief that pregnancy can almost never result from rape was widespread for centuries. In some countries where abortion is illegal after rape and incest, over 90% of pregnancies in girls age 15 and under are due to rape by family members. A woman who becomes pregnant after a rape may face a decision about whether to raise the child, to make an adoption plan. Medical treatment following a rape includes testing for, preventing, and managing pregnancy. Rape can cause difficulties during and after pregnancy, with potential negative consequences for both the victim and a resulting child. The current scientific consensus is that rape is at least as likely to lead to pregnancy as consensual sexual intercourse, with some studies suggesting rape may actually result in higher rates of pregnancy than consensual intercourse. It has been studied in the context of war, particularly as a tool for genocide, as well as other unrelated contexts, such as rape by a stranger, statutory rape, incest, and underage pregnancy. Pregnancy caused from the result of rape Rape
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