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One Percent of Young Women Claim to Have Virgin Pregnancies
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Date: December 22, 2013 10:06PM
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/12/18/claims-virgin-births-in-us-near-1-percent-study-finds/
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.
Of those who said they became pregnant as virgins, 31 percent also said they had signed chastity pledges; 15 percent of non-virgins who became pregnant said they had signed such pledges, in which a girl vows not to have sex until she marries.
The researchers found that although the mothers in question were more likely to have boys than girls, and to be pregnant during the weeks leading up to Christmas, neither similarity to the Virgin Mary was statistically significant.
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.
Of those who said they became pregnant as virgins, 31 percent also said they had signed chastity pledges; 15 percent of non-virgins who became pregnant said they had signed such pledges, in which a girl vows not to have sex until she marries.
The researchers found that although the mothers in question were more likely to have boys than girls, and to be pregnant during the weeks leading up to Christmas, neither similarity to the Virgin Mary was statistically significant.