“So is it your position that if a woman becomes pregnant as a result of rape, the rape could not have been forcible?”
No. But conception as a result of forcible rape is far less common than conception as a result of consensual sex. That’s all.
It’s just a medical fact. See Dr. Hilger’s comments if you don’t want to listen to mine, the subject of the following thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2924263/posts
So, less common, but still quite possible... right?
So, how the issue of the relative frequency of conception for forcible and non-forcible rape at all relevant from a public policy point of view? Which is to say, why is it something that a Senatorial candidate should be commenting on?
After all, if a pregnancy can result from forcible rape, it doesn’t matter, from a public policy point of view, if the rape is forcible, statutory, “legitimate” or any other type of rape you can imagine.