Is it true? I have heard that true rape victims ARE unlikely to become pregnant....not that it is impossible, but highly unlikely.
I’m no expert, obviously, but I’ve heard that...
Typically, a rape victim who reports the crime immediately is taken the hospital for a chain of evidence examination and is issued an abortifacent to prevent conception. This helps keep the stats for rape-related abortions very low.
Sometimes the victim is too traumatized to report the crime immediately (most rapes are perpetuated by someone the attacker knows, so a perceived sense of "shame" may keep them silent). Someone very close to me personally was raped by her boyfriend. When this young girl realized she was pregnant with her attacker's baby, she became suicidal. At that point, the whole ugly truth came out. This bright, brave, sweet young lady had irrevocably changed; some part of her was now permanently scarred. Unfortunately, it was a "he said/she said" in the eyes of the law.
She aborted, a decision that she now regrets deeply and one that weighs heavily on her heart. Put in context, however, she was young and in a fragile state. It was doubtful that she would have come through the pregnancy intact.
That was over 20 years ago, and while she is one of the strongest and hardest working women I know, every once in a while the trauma still impacts her in unusual ways.
The LSM likes to throw this out there, because it's the classic "gotcha" question. If you side with life, you look heartless. If you side with the rape victim, you look like a hypocrite. What he should have said was, "Rape is a horrible act of violence against anyone. Any victim should receive support, help, and encouragement while they go through the tremendous healing process. Hopefully, they will have enough support and strength to choose to not make an equally innocent baby another victim of the rapist's evil deeds."