Man Charged With Rape Cites Kansas's 'Life Begins at Conception' Abortion Statute to Argue Victim Was of Age

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A 21-year-old Kansas man accused of rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child unsuccessfully argued that under state abortion statute claiming life begins at fertilization, the teenage girl he assaulted was actually 16 instead of 15 and therefore at the age of consent, the Associated Press reports.

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