Figures from the Rape Crisis Network indicate 1,545 survivors of sexual violence attended centres in 2010. Of these, 75 were known to the network to have become pregnant as a result of rape.
“Ten [13 per cent] chose to terminate their pregnancies, while 10 [13 per cent] . . . chose to place their child for adoption or fostering.”
Forty-three (57 per cent) went on to parent their children and nine (12 per cent) miscarried or had stillbirths.
