# Comatose Menstruation **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 16, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comatose-menstruation/175688 "2003-05-16T14:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hern)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comatose-menstruation/175688/1 "2003-05-16T14:55:15Z")
My girlfriend asked me a question last night regarding people in comas. Why she thought that I would have any idea about the answer, being a software enginner and maths graduate, beats the hell out of me but that’s the price of being a smart alec, I guess. Anyhow, the question is simply “Do women in comas still menstruate?” Don’t blame me…it’s her question! ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comatose-menstruation/175688/2 "2003-05-16T14:58:38Z")
yes. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comatose-menstruation/175688/3 "2003-05-16T14:59:38Z")
You occasionally see a prosecution in the papers where a care worker impregnates a woman in a coma… ---
**Author:** ![DrLiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DrLiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLiver)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comatose-menstruation/175688/4 "2003-05-16T15:08:51Z")
Sorry to hijack this a little bit: (I can bring this to another thread if you like, but I’ll try my luck here anyhow) In the case Carl\_A\_Norris mentioned; would a woman who’s in the coma be able to ‘make’ (I’m not sure of the wording here, maybe ‘concieve’ would be better) a healthy baby? (/hijack) ---
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comatose-menstruation/175688/5 "2003-05-16T15:19:19Z")
[continued hijack] I can’t find a cite, but there was a case about 6 or 7 years ago where some guy impregnated a brain-dead comatose woman, and the women’s parents didn’t abort it because of their religious beliefs. I think the baby turned out physically healthy, but what happens when he finds out the truth about his conception? [/continued hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comatose-menstruation/175688/6 "2003-05-16T15:29:36Z")
Found it. I was wrong about her being brain dead, though. [http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/OSV/96mar24.html](http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/OSV/96mar24.html) ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comatose-menstruation/175688/7 "2003-05-16T16:13:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrLiver \* > **would a woman who’s in the coma be able to ‘make’ (I’m not sure of the wording here, maybe ‘concieve’ would be better) a healthy baby?** If she’s receiving proper nutrition and is otherwise healthy, then there’s no reason she wouldn’t have a normal child.