A collection of links about sexual assault
These links address various sexual assault data, the science behind pregnancy resulting from rape, sexual assault reports at MU and the origins of the belief that rape doesn't cause pregnancy.
- Rape and pregnancy statistics are sometimes difficult to comprehend because individual organizations use different methods when collecting research, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
Statistics on rape and pregnancy are complicatedWASHINGTON - In declaring that women's bodies can somehow prevent pregnancy in the event of a rape, Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) sparked a nati...- One of every six women in the U.S. has been a victim of rape or attempted rape, according to Scientific American.
Here is Some Legitimate Science on Pregnancy and Rape | Context and Variation, Scientific American Blog NetworkSo Congressperson Todd Akin of Missouri has said some interesting things. Referring to the possibility of pregnancy after rape, and wheth...- ABCnews.com shares medical facts on rape and pregnancy from physicians.
- Todd Akin Challenged by Doctors on Rape and PregnancyBy DR. SWATI SHROFF and DR. TIFFANY CHAO, ABC News Medical Unit Missouri Representative Todd Akin contradicted medical statistics with hi...
- A 2010 Missourian report found that most sexual assaults on the MU campus go unreported and are never prosecuted — a trend mirrored at colleges nationwide.
A question of consent - Columbia MissourianCOLUMBIA - It's October 2008, and a woman reports to MU police that she's been raped. At first, the man she accuses says the sexual encou...- Rep. Todd Akins' remarks about rape and pregnancy date to anti-abortion politics in the 1980s, according to The Washington Post.
Rep. Todd Akin is wrong about rape and pregnancy, but he's not aloneRep. Todd Akin, Missouri's Republican Senate nominee, caused a public outcry Sunday when he told a local television station that "legitim...- Mistaken notions of rape can be traced to before the Age of Enlightenment, according to a report by Rudi Keller in the Columbia Daily Tribune.
Idea behind Akin's rape comment has ancient rootsU.S. Rep. Todd Akin's explanation of how a woman's body prevents pregnancy during rape has been roundly condemned as false, but as the co...
