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To: shhrubbery!

Sorry, I can stand for common sense pro-life conservatism. I cannot stand behind, or will I attempt to defend idiotic comments made by an idiot.

How exactly am I supposed to defend his statement? Please name the magical female mechanism that can discern a “legitimate” rape and thus block the sperm from reaching the egg inside her body?


57 posted on 08/20/2012 9:54:25 AM PDT by gore_sux (Al Franken - Preferred by Minnesota Educated Somali Pirates and Suicide Bombers Everywhere)
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To: gore_sux
How exactly am I supposed to defend his statement? Please name the magical female mechanism that can discern a “legitimate” rape and thus block the sperm from reaching the egg inside her body?

Your straw-man argument aside (nobody said there was a magical mechanism that discerned rape), here is an answer to your question.

This is from Dr. John C. Wilkie, a medical doctor who is an obstetrician/gynecologist:

"... one of the most important reasons why a rape victim rarely gets pregnant, and that 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. "

Link to quote by Dr. Wilkie.

95 posted on 08/20/2012 12:05:29 PM PDT by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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