On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:37:57 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: >Beth Benoit wrote: >> I've searched in vain for the identity of the person, whom I recall >> was a Southern Senator (from Georgia?) who stated that a woman who is >> raped can't get pregnant unless she "enjoys" the rape (and therefore, >> it's not rape). Does anyone recall the name of this person? > >Perhaps you mean Don Thomas, State Senator in Georgia. >Check out the Feb 28, 2003 entry of the blog at >http://blogs.salon.com/0001490/
I thank Chris for identifying the state senator from Georgia because I was having no success in finding the quote. There is a link on the salon site to an Atlanta Journal-Constituation article but the page is "missing". A search of Proquest's newspaper located the article in question and the abstract to it is provided below: |OUR OPINIONS: Here's what women know: Anti-abortion bill an |insult; [Home Edition] |The Atlanta Journal - Constitution. Atlanta, Ga.: Feb 28, 2003. pg. A.16 | | |Abstract (Summary) |The bill's backers may dress up their support as concern for women, |but it's really contempt for women that propels them. Their goal is to |throw up roadblocks so women can't get abortions. If women manage |to clear the hurdles, there would be one last attempt at intimidation in |the doctor's office, where women will be told the clear lie that abortion |has been linked to breast cancer. | |At times, it's an utter creep show watching male legislators debate |women's reproductive lives. The most offensive moment of this week's |debate came when Sen. Don Thomas (R-Dalton), a family physician, |asserted that rape victims don't get pregnant because the "vaginal secretions |are not prepared in rape." | |"It is absolutely untrue that a woman cannot become pregnant from rape," |says Emory University epidemiologist Carol Hogue. "There was a case |of a woman in a coma for 10 years who was raped and became pregnant." |A 1996 study estimated that more than 32,000 pregnancies result from |rape each year. It should be noted that the comment was made some time back in 2003. However, the wackiness appears to be continuing: http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2009/03/27/bill-to-allow-adoption-of-human-embryos-okd-by-senate-committee/ -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
