I'm not sure whether this analysis has been mentioned in current reportage of the Akin remarks. The findings suggest the polar opposite of what Akin said.
<http://www.springerlink.com/content/wp5cnp43k6byxj4d/> |Are per-incident rape-pregnancy rates higher than per-incident |consensual pregnancy rates? |Jonathan A. Gottschall and Tiffani A. Gottschall |_Human Nature_ 14(1): 1-20, 2003 | |Is a given instance of rape more likely to result in pregnancy than |a given instance of consensual sex? This paper undertakes a review |and critique of the literature on rape-pregnancy. Next, it presents |our own estimation, from U.S. government data, of pregnancy rates for |reproductive age victims of penile-vaginal rape. Using data on birth |control usage from the Statistical Abstract of the United States, we |then form an estimate of rape-pregnancy rates adjusted for the |substantial number of women in our sample who would likely have been |protected by oral contraception or an IUD. Our analysis suggests that |per-incident rape-pregnancy rates exceed per-incident consensual |pregnancy rates by a sizable margin, even before adjusting for the |use of relevant forms of birth control. --David Epstein [email protected] --- 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=19916 or send a blank email to leave-19916-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
