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One would think politicians watching the Akin fiasco would tread very gently. Not so Rep. Steve King who when asked in response to Akins remarks what his thoughts were in the cases of pregnancy resulting from incest or statutory rape:
"Well I just haven’t heard of that being a circumstance that’s been brought to me in any personal way".
Say what?
These are people pushing legislation without knowing any of the facts. Scary.
That's the room you are in right now trying to wiggle anything loose to try and prove a point. You have proven nothing with your posts, just wasted space and time.
Well I have to agree with you D, that's what the man said...
But its a pretty telling comment for a legislator who sponsors bills banning funding for abortion due to incest or rape. One would think that a person who opposes such funding would take the fracking time out to familiarize themselves with the statistics provided by his own state before sponsoring such legislation be that information being brought to him in a "personal way" or not.
1,019 teenage and 833 child survivors of sexual abuse were served by Iowa sexual violence centers from July 1, 2006- June 30, 2007.
915 teenage and 866 child survivors of sexual abuse were served by Iowa sexual violence centers from July 1, 2005- June 30, 2006.
In 2009, there were 719 confirmed reports [to the Iowa department of Human Services] of child sexual abuse and 244 confirmed reports of a child living with a registered sex offender.
According to the 2008 Iowa Uniform Crime Report by the Iowa Department of Public Safety, there were 931 reported cases of forcible rape; 151 reported cases of forcible sodomy; 108 reported cases of sexual assault with an object;
716 reported cases of forcible fondling; 43 reported cases of incest; and 148 reported cases of statutory rape.
Among Iowans who have ever experienced sexual violence, most experienced sexual violence before the age 18.
Men and women who have ever experienced sexual violence were equally likely to have experienced sexual violence before the age of 18 (65.8% and 67.1% respectively).
Among women who experienced sexual violence before the age of 18, the perpetrator was most commonly a family member or friend, acquaintance, or a date. (The sample contained too few male victims of sexual violence to analyze separately.)
Sexual Assault in Iowa Statistics, 2009 Compiled by the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault using the Iowa Crime Victim Assistance Division, Fiscal Year 2007 Annual Report; the 2008 Uniform Crime Report, Iowa Department of Public Safety; Iowa Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey, Iowa Department of Public Health. (Statistics above are the most recent available as of August 2008)
But then again in King's defense the age for unmitigated statutory rape is only 13 years of age, and it's ok for an 18 year olds to have sex with a 15 years old.
Now dems my kind of family values!
His appalling ignorance would be cured by spending one day in the L&D unit at a public hospital.
That's the room you are in right now trying to wiggle anything loose to try and prove a point. You have proven nothing with your posts, just wasted space and time.
His appalling ignorance would be cured by spending one day in the L&D unit at a public hospital.
What would that do? Do you have statistics of how many women are getting pregnant due to incest or statutory rape?
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