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Study Finds Only 0.4% of Abortions Are For Cases of Rape
mrc TV ^ | June 4, 2024 | Scott Giebel

Posted on 06/14/2024 11:07:35 AM PDT by Morgana

A common argument made by pro-abortion advocates in support of infanticide is that abortion is needed in cases of rape - an “exception” to laws against baby murder that even many pro-lifers believe should be legal.

Generally, those who have strong feelings about abortion in the case of rape or incest are misinformed, going off of what someone has told them instead of looking at the facts. The left’s constant harping on rape and incest clauses would lead one to believe the situation is common.

That would be a lie.

An article by Life News reveals that more than 95 percent of abortions are done simply out of convenience, while only 0.4 percent of women are getting abortions as a result of rape or incest. The updated data is based on a new study conducted by the Charlotte Lozier Institute, one of the leading companies in research and data that exposes the truth about abortion.

Unfortunately, most people don’t see these statistics due to the fact that the CDC does not request information on reasons for abortion from states, and so this data is not included in most national reports.

As a whole, the common exceptions to abortion limits - rape, incest, life-threatening maternal conditions, and fetal diagnoses - account for less than 5% of all abortions, while more than nine out of 10 are done simply because a woman doesn’t want to have a baby. Even still, these rare exceptions are often used by the left to push for abortion on demand and without restrictions.

While every single child is deserving of life regardless of how they are conceived, the fact that abortion in the case of rape is an exceptionally rare event - a fact most people are unaware of - shows just how far the left will go to justify open and unapologetic infanticide. Hopefully, a report like this one will not only bring more public awareness of what abortion actually is, and open people's eyes to the lies that they are being fed.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionforrape; incest; prolife; rape; rapeandabortion

1 posted on 06/14/2024 11:07:35 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

And only 1% of that 0.4% were really rape.


2 posted on 06/14/2024 11:08:30 AM PDT by fwdude ( )
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To: fwdude

No I’d say they were.

Underage girls account for a lot and is statutory rape. Look at all the stories posted about what is going on in our schools and churches.


3 posted on 06/14/2024 11:11:09 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

It’s easy to imagine that it’s damn difficult for a woman to carry the child of the guy who raped her. But,OTOH...if she were to put aside that pain she’d understand that the baby has done nothing wrong. She could deliver the child and then immediately put him/her up for adoption.


4 posted on 06/14/2024 11:16:36 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Many women say the abortion was worse than the rape.

A lot of women who did this say heal from the rape because now you have two things to heal from.

I know I’ve posted on this before, it’s just a matter of finding in in the millions of pro life stuff I’ve posted.


5 posted on 06/14/2024 11:19:35 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Abortion needs to be dropped as a republican talking point.


6 posted on 06/14/2024 11:20:26 AM PDT by rexthecat
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To: fwdude
I worked in a big city ER for a long time. We'd regularly get women in who said they were raped. Our ER had a detailed and well tested protocol for treating such women...a protocol designed to treat any injuries the woman might have suffered *and* to collect evidence for a possible court case.

Usually the nurse who was the woman's first "contact" during the process would spend a lot of time with her...mainly talking,I believe (I never witnessed any part of it)...and then would come out,write notes and report to the surgeon who did the actual exam.

Usually that nurse would tell her fellow nurses " gee,this woman is for real" but once in a while I'd hear them say "I don't believe this woman's story".

Rape happens...absolutely. But there *are* women who will,for whatever reason,make false claims.

7 posted on 06/14/2024 11:25:13 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: Morgana

Is that “Rape Rape”?


8 posted on 06/14/2024 11:25:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Most pro-abortion women are so ugly, the last thing they need to worry about is getting raped.

“I know a woman who was so ugly, two guys broke into her apartement...she cried ‘Rape!’, and they yelled, ‘NOOOOOOOO!’”

-Rodney Dangerfield


9 posted on 06/14/2024 11:27:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Morgana

I don’t believe this statistic for a second simply because to qualify as a valid data point there has to be an arrest and conviction for rape. And we all know that’s a tiny fraction of the actual criminal offenses going on.


10 posted on 06/14/2024 11:29:19 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: dfwgator

Yes,”feminists” do,it seems,tend to be less desireable to the average guy than most women. And as for lesbians....it’s easy to see why most lesbians choose to be that way...it’s because men don’t want to even be in the same Zip Code as them.


11 posted on 06/14/2024 11:30:39 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Well, one of the biggest red flags for making false claims of “rape” is that the woman is reluctant to file a report with police and press charges against the perpetrator.

I’ll contend that most claims of “rape” are merely sex regret, whether because they found out the man isn’t really interested in an ongoing relationship or because he is having relationships with others. I’ll put it at 90% IMO.


12 posted on 06/14/2024 11:39:12 AM PDT by fwdude ( )
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To: fwdude

“Rape, rape?”. As woopsee would say. The other 99.6% incest?


13 posted on 06/14/2024 11:48:04 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Can a rape victim go to the ER and get the “morning after pill”? Or is it available over the counter? If so, then rape victims have another option and the feminist arguments should be dismissed.


14 posted on 06/14/2024 12:32:40 PM PDT by Nea Wood ( )
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To: rexthecat

yes it certainly does.


15 posted on 06/14/2024 12:45:13 PM PDT by ronniesgal (have you even tried to mind your own business?)
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To: Morgana

Personal responsibility would cure the need for 99% of abortions.


16 posted on 06/14/2024 12:47:51 PM PDT by animal172 (This ain't the country I grew up in.)
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To: Morgana

Rape or not, it’s too easy to get caught up in splitting straws and arguing about the numbers. The real point is that the unborn are innocent human beings from the moment of their conception and, however they were conceived, do not deserve the death penalty for the sins of their parents.


17 posted on 06/14/2024 12:53:08 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Morgana

That was never the point. She feels raped because he’s a jerk since telling him after he promised he loved her.


18 posted on 06/14/2024 12:56:31 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Not if all sex is rape.


19 posted on 06/14/2024 1:26:05 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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