GOP congressman: Rate of pregnancies from rape is ‘very low’
Source: Washington Post
Another Republican congressman ventured into the realm of rape and pregnancy Wednesday, saying at a committee hearing that incidences of pregnancy from rape are very low.
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), whose measure banning abortions after 20 weeks was being considered in the House Judiciary Committee, argued against a Democratic amendment to make exceptions for rape and incest by suggesting that pregnancy from rape is rare.
Before, when my friends on the left side of the aisle here tried to make rape and incest the subject because, you know, the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low, Franks said.
Franks continued: But when you make that exception, theres usually a requirement to report the rape within 48 hours. And in this case thats impossible because this is in the sixth month of gestation. And thats what completely negates and vitiates the purpose for such an amendment.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/06/12/gop-congressman-rate-of-pregnancies-from-rape-is-very-low/
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)asjr
(10,479 posts)of that man!
warrant46
(2,205 posts)This man just crawled out of a cesspool of ignorance.
even if pregnancy rates as a result of rape are (supposedly) low , these women have the RIGHT to end those pregnancies !!!!
JustAnotherGen
(31,866 posts)I am so sick and tired of this shit from those people.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)That's apparently what they're going for. We all need to keep in mind that "sanctity of life" has nothing to do with Republican measures to ban access to abortion. They are explicitly providing for forcing a woman to carry a dead fetus to term, and continue to push for bans with no health or even life exceptions for the mother.
This is about shaming, harming, and debilitating women. And they are trying to build a mythology to support it.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)sikofit3
(145 posts)Scary and disgusting that these psychopaths are in a place to publicly influence people on such personal issues and like you pointed out, they are repeating it often so it becomes truth and I think also so people stop paying attention, you know American minds are groomed to be short term interested and then move on, plus there are so many other outrageous things going on that we are multi tasking issues and they keep sliding in laws that are going to one day paralyze the ability for anyone to get an abortion even with it still being legal. We can not take our eye off of them or let them psychologically beat us down like they have done with the others...keep vigilante people.
LeftinOH
(5,357 posts)srican69
(1,426 posts)I think I answered my own question. They are assholes. That is all there is to it.
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)I lack statistics to support or refute this claim......
The bottom line is SHOULD a pregnancy arise from a rape, the woman who has already been violated, be forced to carry the rapist's baby to term. I also expect these legislators with the tiny dicks would never support any taxpayer funding to support pre-natal care for the mother and child nor for any of the care, expenses, etc. for raising the child to maturity. Oh no...they just want to force women to have babies and since the woman was really responsible for inviting the rape, she gets to pay for and care for the baby.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)The incidence of pregnancy is the same, whether rape, incest, or not.
Pregnancy is the result of intercourse. It doesn't care about the circumstances, other than the immediate fertility of the male and the female.
There isn't any magic, no superhuman barrier, no intervention by any god of any kind or persuasion.
The only difference is that consent is not given by the female, and force is employed by the male.
IMO, this idiot and anyone who agrees with him should be castrated, to improve the general population. That's one form of eugenics I support. Also, the punishment that fits the crime (gross and irresponsible stupidity).
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)or as the say on Wikipedia:
Citation needed.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)n/t
thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)It changes nothing. Whoever is unfortunate enough to find themselves in that position needs the proper support. What does it matter what the number is?
Just Saying
(1,799 posts)You would think after all the stupid remarks from people who subsequently lost their campaigns they would at least shut up with their ignorance.
We need to start using language against these idiots. The Forced Pregnancy party? The Women Are Merely Vessals Party? The We Don't Have Uteruses So We Must Control Yours Party?
bunnies
(15,859 posts)Oh rly?
adieu
(1,009 posts)that turn into republicans, yes. Yes it is.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Botany
(70,567 posts)BTW do they get up and take a stupid pill in the AM? I hope next election all women and people
who care about women vote this idiot out of congress.
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)Journeyman
(15,038 posts)If raped, the woman will need an effective support network and strong legal protections; if pregnant, she'll need as many options available as are medically sound. What does it matter, what the "rate" of a specific need may be?
Skittles
(153,174 posts)it's just plain misogyny - conservatives think women should "pay the price" for having sex
olddad56
(5,732 posts)the chances of him getting pregnant are nil, but the trauma would give him a new perspective on rape.
truth2power
(8,219 posts)It's like cockroaches. You think you've gotten them all, and then another one shows up.
The CCC
(463 posts)The rate of pregnancies from rape is actually very low. However it would not matter if it were 0.00000001% or 100%. If the rights of one individual are diminished. The rights of us all are diminished.
WovenGems
(776 posts)The attempt by Republicans to woo the female vote seems to be going well.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)struggle4progress
(118,330 posts)Oh, he doesn't have any real statistics?
Arkana
(24,347 posts)They just can't help themselves.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)SamKnause
(13,110 posts)32,000 women per year in the U.S. will become pregnant as a result of being raped. SOURCE; CDC.gov (Centers for Disease Control)
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)bEEN LOOKING FOR STATS ON THIS. nOT THAT IT SHOULD ACTUALLY MATTER BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO THROW IN THEIR FACES WHEN THIS CRAP COMES UP.
The CCC
(463 posts)Number of births: 3,999,386
Source CDC
Hekate
(90,773 posts)Useful tidbits like: A girl can't get preggers the first time she has sex. She won't get knocked up if you're standing up when you have sex with her. Heard the one about the Coca-Cola douche after sex? She won't get pregnant.
And best of all: She got herself pregnant. Slut.
Then he went to Congress and learned big words like "gestation" and "vitiates."
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)Dr. Pepper! And only if you put an aspirin in it!
(Well, that's the wisdom around in west Texas in 1966).
Hekate
(90,773 posts)If only the boys and girls knew THAT tidbit, we wouldn't have any need for Plan B!
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)she can't get pregnant, either!
(God, I would NOT be 15 again for any reason!)
olddots
(10,237 posts)sad
alp227
(32,047 posts)I remember vividly Lawrence O'Donnell YELLING at Franks back on January 18, 2011 shortly after the Tucson shootings about the law letting the shooter buy high capacity clip.
Full length video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/#41146169
transcript: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/41156953/ns/msnbc/t/last-word-lawrence-odonnell-tuesday-january-th/
Cenk Uygur's take on it:
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)wandy
(3,539 posts)AndyA
(16,993 posts)A rape that doesn't produce a pregnancy is OK? We just have to worry about the rapes that do produce a pregnancy?
Rape is a violent CRIME. Whether or not someone becomes pregnant because of it is beside the point, and any woman faced with such a situation should be able to make up her OWN MIND on what to do. NO ONE--especially a bunch of men--should tell her what she must or must not do.
This is insanity. Did the GOP learn nothing after the 2012 elections? Government needs to get out of America's bedrooms, emails, phone conversations, and women's right to choose.
On behalf of the men in this country who are sane and believe women are equals and should be allowed to make their own decisions when it comes to their lives and their health, I apologize for the men who think they have the right to make those decisions for you.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)LittleGirl
(8,290 posts)that explains everything. sigh.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Lets say the right questionable Rep. Trent Franks was violently raped in his mouth, So he shouldn't be allowed to brush his teeth?
tclambert
(11,087 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)You are complete ignorant assholes who wouldn't know the truth or facts if you were bitten in your pasty white asses. I fucking hate Franks and idiots like him.
adieu
(1,009 posts)Mayella Ewell, the promiscuous daughter of the primary antagonist of the story, Bob Ewell, tries to have sex with a black man, Tom Robinson. When caught, she uses the rape claim to maintain her "honor".
What the Right fears is its womenfolk gettin' all hot and bothered by dem cullered people, and using the excuse of rape to maintain honor.
What the Right fears is women enjoying sex, especially if the sex is with someone who isn't white and heterosexual.
All these "anti-abortion" laws are really anti-women-enjoying-sex laws. They're not against abortion, they're against sex for fun.
If their white daughter gets pregnant with a black or hispanic father, you bet your ass the family will find a way to have that fetus aborted.
47of74
(18,470 posts)SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)who was raped by a 17 yr old, got pregnant and is currently enduring slut shaming by the people of Elwood, Indiana:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/12/raped-pregnant-and-13-even-after-choosing-life-townsfolk-scrawl-whore-and-slut-on-her-door-video/
tanyev
(42,599 posts)And, Hughes continues, if another Republican man says anything about rape other than it is a horrific, violent crime, I want to personally cut out his tongue. The college-age daughters of many of my friends voted for Obama because they were completely turned off by Neanderthal comments like the suggestion of legitimate rape.
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/12/karen_hughes_ill_cut_out_the_tongue_of_any_goper_making_rape_comments/
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)there have been so few pregnancies as a result of his personal rapes. He sounds as though he has first hand experience and knowledge.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)Vagina dentata (Latin for toothed vagina) describes a folk tale in which a woman's vagina is said to contain teeth, with the associated implication that sexual intercourse might result in injury or castration for the man.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata
they believe women have some special power to protect them against rape, such as magical, but deadly, and apparently retractable teeth
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)It's time for them to shut the fuck up.
Nanjing to Seoul
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DCKit
(18,541 posts)You never know where the GOP is going with this shit.
applegrove
(118,758 posts)liindy
(12 posts)thing that male Republicans just can't not talk about that they shouldn't talk about. They just can't help themselves. Too bad this dumba** didn't make this comment a few weeks before his reelection. We'll give it time though. They seem to find a way to put a foot in their mouths right before election time.
trublu992
(489 posts)or not. And since Republicans love to create an atmosphere where victims are the villains we'll never know.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)area51
(11,919 posts)Even one pregnancy from rape is one too many.
Rain Mcloud
(812 posts)So that they can cut taxes on the rich.
That is all.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)If not more often then that. I don't see how people would reelect this dipshit.
Ter
(4,281 posts)I don't think it's low, I'd like to see the number.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)GOP doesn't even do the jobs they are paid and elected to do, serve ALL the American people.
I feel like GOP does so much damage to America, serves us a load of propaganda crap and wastes so much time and taxpayer money to pay them, their positions should be cut, left vacant.
America would be better off with NO ONE elected to fill those positions.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)This is more of the rethug nonsense about women's health.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)Maybe women in his district will stop voting against their own self interests and get rid of this moron.
Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)intelligence of republicans is very low.
progree
(10,911 posts)I find it interesting that the amendment is about exceptions for rape and incest, but he only talks about the rate of pregnancy resulting from rape being low. I wonder why he didn't make a similar statement about pregnancies resulting from incest? And why he didn't say anything about incest at all? Could it be that the rate of such pregnancies is high in Arizona? Or amongst Arizona Republicans?
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)Conservatives of all stripes are like modern day Hapsburgs, especially the teabaggers. They use their family reunions like most people use matchmaker.com. They're even all starting to look alike with that constipated expression on their faces.