# Does "Birth Rape" exist?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 16, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-birth-rape-exist/513995 "2009-10-16T04:37:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-birth-rape-exist/513995/20 "2009-10-16T13:59:32Z")

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Yeah, I’m with **DianaG** and **Acid Lamp** … and almost everyone else, really. It probably could be malpractice, it might even be assault in some cases, but I’d be hard pressed to call it \*sexual \*assault, and it sure isn’t rape.

I can absolutely see why it could feel similar to rape to the woman. But that doesn’t make it so.

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