- Mon, Mar 29, 2010
- Prolife
Is Abortion Right When Pregnancy is Due to Rape or Incest?
Studies conducted by the pro-choice Guttmacher Institute indicate that two consenting and fertile adults have only a 3–5 percent chance of pregnancy from an act of intercourse. They also indicate there are factors involved in a rape that further reduce these chances for rape victims.* The Institute says fourteen thousand* abortions per year are due to rape or incest, which amounts to 1 percent of all abortions.* Other studies have shown that pregnancies due to rape are much rarer, as few as one in a thousand cases.*
