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First, I cannot help but remark that you are significantly moving the goalposts by abandoning rarity of conception in favor of miscarrying.
Where have I abandoned rarity of conception? I freely admit that conception does happen on occasion. I don't see anybody even making even the suggestion that it doesn't happen.
What I reject is the notion that conception happens every time a woman is raped.

Second, I noticed a profound absence of any attempt on your part to link elevated cortisol with rape victims.
I'm merely bringing attention to the fact that there are a myriad of things that give evidence of a woman's body being able to, in the words of Mr. Akin..."shut that whole thing down".

The cortisol level increase can happen after the rape, due to stress, and it might cause the woman's body to reject the egg, can't it?

Now, if you've got some study that you would like to proffer then I would be more than willing to look at it.

As to the rest of your comment...thanks for sharing your opinion.

Here, let me clarify this just a tad further...

The cortisol level increase can happen after the rape, due to stress from the rape, and it might cause the woman's body to reject the egg, can't it?

The cortisol level increase can happen after the rape, due to stress, and it might cause the woman's body to reject the egg, can't it?

Now, if you've got some study that you would like to proffer then I would be more than willing to look at it.

Since you asked:

From Sciencealerts.com:
...The objective of the current study was to assess HPA-axis functioning in female adolescents with rape-related PTSD, but no prior sexual trauma, in comparison to non-victimized controls....Compared to age-matched controls, adolescent rape victims with PTSD showed significantly reduced cortisol and DHEAS levels....(Emphasis mine)

So much for the theory that rape victims have elevated cortisol levels.