I recall there have been a couple of others with this bizarre bit of rationalization. I teach Human Sexuality, so I have a file:
Rep. Henry Aldridge, Republican from North Carolina: *1995-04-21 04:00:00 PDT Raleigh, N.C.* -- Women do not get pregnant when raped because "the juices don't flow, the body functions don't work" during an attack, a state lawmaker said yesterday. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Lawmaker-Says-Rape-Can-t-Cause-Pregnancy-3036411.php#ixzz241sphgSD And Rep. Stephen Freind, Republican from Pennsylvania: >From the *Philadelphia Inquirer*<http://articles.philly.com/1988-03-23/news/26277205_1_freind-woman-secretes-luigi-mastroianni>, 1988: The odds that a woman who is raped will get pregnant are "one in millions and millions and millions," said state Rep. Stephen Freind, R-Delaware County, the Legislature's leading abortion foe. The reason, Freind said, is that the traumatic experience of rape causes a woman to "secrete a certain secretion" that tends to kill sperm. Two Philadelphia doctors specializing in human reproduction characterized Freind's contention as scientifically baseless. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Michael Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > Make up your mind about what to do with someone like this. Consider > this a teachable moment and think about what and how to teach it; see: > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/19/todd-akin-gop-senate-candidate-legitimate-rape-rarely-causes-pregnancy/ > > Note: people have different opinions about what is "rare" and what might > be rare in the popular culture might be a significant frequency in medical > practice; see: > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8765248 > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=19863 > or send a blank email to > leave-19863-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19865 or send a blank email to leave-19865-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
