Republican Senate Nominee: "Legitimate" rape victims don't get pregnant

I mean court judges actually said a handicapped person should have bit and clawed her way out of being raped

Yes, mentally challenged adults can marry and have children

They may both be "wrong," but any STD or pregnancy will be blamed on the "boy."

They may both be "wrong," but any STD or pregnancy will be blamed on the "boy."

Who said anything about "prison?" You're way out of your league to discuss anything with common sense.

Age of the minor and/or age of the offender. By statute, a number of States have determined that the age of the minor and/or the age of the defendant should be a factor in sentencing. As noted previously, the modern trend is toward multilevel statutes, with increased penalties associated with sexual intercourse with younger minors. Moreover, as noted above, States in recent years increasingly believe “older” defendants warrant increased or mandatory minimum penalties. For example, the survey revealed the following:

Delaware raised the penalty from 0–10 years to 2–20 years when the minor is under 16 years of age and the offender is 10 or more years older or when the minor is under age 14 and the offender is at least 19 years old.

In Georgia, the minimum penalty is now 10–20 years, up from 1–20 years, when an offender at least 21 years old has sex with someone under 16 years of age.

A bill proposed in Oregon in 1997 would increase the penalty for rape in the third degree (minor under 16 years) when the defendant is at least 21 years of age. The crime would then become a class B felony, punishable by up to 10 years and/or by a fine of $200,000.

Pregnancy: Sentencing and child support. As the ABA survey indicates, a number of States considered legislation that focused on pregnancy. These proposals reflect different, and possibly conflicting, penalties. When pregnancy results, sentencing can include longer prison time and more severe financial responsibility through restitution and child support.

Illinois proposed and Oregon passed legislation that raises the penalty if a pregnancy results by raising the felony up another level.

Eight other States indicated that pregnancy was considered an aggravating factor at sentencing, generally not a criterion written into the statute, but included as part of the sentencing guidelines.4

Several States permit the court to order restitution for costs associated with the pregnancy dating back to the birth of the child. Some expressed concern that this might permit offenders who can pay to go free, while poor offenders who cannot pay are sent to jail.

Beside Firefly I can not see anyone wishing to imprison 30 percents of all male teenagers or thirty percent of both sexes for that matter.

Why are you even discussing prisons? The issue under discussion involved a physically disabled woman, with the mental capacity of a 3 year old, who was sexually assaulted, given her lack of ability to knowingly consent.

A Wisconsin state lawmaker endorsed by Paul Ryan has come under criticism for suggesting that “some girls rape easy.” While discussing a case in which “a 17-year-old high school senior was charged with sexual assault for having sex with an underage girl in the school’s band room,” State Rep. Roger Rivard (R) told the Chetek Alert newspaper in December that his father taught him that some girls will portray a sexual encounter as rape if they become pregnant. He is now claiming that those remarks were taken out of context and has issued a statement condemning sexual violence:

on the other hands there been big fights over whether mentally handicapped people can consent to sex or married for that matter.

Nothing is ever simple.................

I didn’t resist physically – does that mean it isn’t rape?

People respond to an assault in different ways. Just because you didn’t resist physically doesn’t mean it wasn’t rape — in fact, many victims make the good judgment that physical resistance would cause the attacker to become more violent. Lack of consent can be express (saying “no”) or it can be implied from the circumstances (for example, if you were under the statutory age of consent, or if you had a mental defect, or if you were afraid to object because the perpetrator threatened you with serious physical injury).

Oh? so if a woman is in fear of you or claimed to be but not due to any objected actions on your part