Missouri Republican: 'Legitimate rape' rarely causes pregnancy

[Mr Khan]

happydolphin said:

Mr Khan said:
I was debating posting this one, but erred on the other side.

"Legitimate Rape" is a thing, sadly, and that makes this whole thing much more sordid when you analyze his language. "Legitimate Rape" means what we all think of when you hear "rape," which is a woman alone in a dark alley, suddenly jumped by thugs (that she doesn't know) who have their way with her, which is a very small percentage of all rape

"Illegitimate rape" is an inherently anti-feminist term, because that's the majority of rape, the kind of thing where you're with a girl and you think she's sending out signals but ultimately she doesn't want it, but you have sex with her anyway. That's the bulk of rape, and you can see with this terminology that this is considered by many to be "less" of a crime.

What this man is postulating is that the distress of a "stranger-assault" rape causes women to shut down their receptivity, which isn't how it works at all.

Someone so ignorant should be kept well away from public life period, let alone any position of responsibility.

You do realize there are miscarriages that happen when a woman is too sad? The psyche has a big effect on childbirth.

Of course it's not an "always' kind of thing, but his ignorant-type speech isn't so far off.

http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage

"June 5, 2003 -- Stress has long been suspected as a possible cause ofmiscarriage, with several studies indicating an increased risk among women reporting high levels of emotional or physical turmoil in their early months of pregnancy or just before conception. But while a relationship has been noted, researchers didn't know exactly how a woman's stress could cause miscarriage."

Miscarriage, and not conception on the whole.

It would still make for a weird moral argument the part of any pro-lifers if they're saying "miscarriage will sort it out" because a dead baby (condemned, depending on who you listen to, to eternity in hellfire or at least a lengthy stay in purgatory) is still a dead baby.

Can it prevent/offset ovulation? That's the question here.