Hypothetical: does she qualify for the “rape exception?”

Question for pro-life

Jill is married to Jack. On Tuesday, they have consensual PIV sex. On Wednesday, Jack wants to do it again, but Jill says no. He forces himself on her anyway.

A short while later, Jill discovers she is pregnant. There has been no further sexual contact since the rape, so she knows conception had to have occurred on that Tuesday or Wednesday. But there is no way to know if this pregnancy was caused by the sperm that slipped through on Tuesday - when she gave enthusiastic consent for sex - or on Wednesday - when she was raped.

Does she quality for the “rape exception?”

Posted Dec 10, 2025, 2:54 PM UTC

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