Winging it?
Try this for size:
"... one of the most important reasons why a rape victim rarely gets pregnant... is psychic trauma. Every woman is aware that stress and emotional factors can alter her menstrual cycle. To get pregnant and stay pregnant, a woman’s body must produce a very sophisticated mix of hormones. Hormone production is controlled by a part of the brain which is easily influenced by emotions. There’s no greater emotional trauma that can be experienced by a woman than an assault rape. This can radically upset her possibility of ovulation, fertilization, implantation and even nurturing of a pregnancy." [emphasis mine]
That quote is from Dr. John C. Wilkie, MD, OB/GYN
How 'bout you? Are you an ob/gyn by any chance?
I like to get my facts from actual numbers, not opinion.
This study
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8765248
and this study
http://www.springerlink.com/content/wp5cnp43k6byxj4d/
demonstrate that rape in pregnancy is NOT rare and numbers in the thousands per year. Even if some are not “rape-rape” as Whoopi would say or “legitimate rape” as Akin would say. Further, the data seem to suggest that pregnancy is MORE likely after a rape than after a single incident of consensual sex.
Where does Dr. Wilke get his info? Ya know, Screamy Howard Dean is a doctor too but I wouldn’t take his word on a medical matter.