nearly 1% of U.S. births are to supposed virgins

Posted on: Thu, 12/26/2013 - 14:57 By: Tom Swiss

"The 45 women and girls who became pregnant despite, according to what they told interviewers, being virgins at the time of conception differed in several ways from peers who acknowledged that men had had a role in their procreation." Yes, I suppose so.

Claims of virgin births in U.S. near 1 percent: study (Reuters)

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Nearly 1 percent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins, according to a report in the Christmas edition of Britain's BMJ medical journal.

The authors of "Like a virgin (mother)" - whose prose is devoid of irony - say such scientifically impossible claims show researchers must use care in interpreting self-reported behavior. Fallible memory, beliefs and wishes can cause people to err in what they tell scientists.