Forum Newsfront

May, 1974

Signs of RapeSt. Paul, Minnesota--A study of 504 rape cases in St. Paul disclosed several instances in which the conventional hospital test for sperm failed to confirm a sexual assault because the rapist was either sterile or had undergone a vasectomy. Pathologists at the Saint Paul-Ramsey Hospital who conducted the study urged that hospitals begin testing for semen as well as for sperm and said that such tests when used together are 95 percent accurate up to 12 hours after intercourse has occur...