They're not Betans, except for Cordelia. They're Escobarans. I don't think we know of any other Betan women that got captured. Possibly freighter crews, but Beta Colony didn't properly enter the war until late and the Barrayarans were blockading the wormholes.
The question of the raped women is interesting, though. Cordelia mentions in Barrayar that Elena Visconti's contraceptive implant was taken out by Vorrutyer, but this may be an assumption on her part. Contraceptive implants are -not actually mentioned- in Shards of Honor to the best of my recollection, and Visconti doesn't mention it in her accusation in TWA either. Cordelia's apparently wasn't removed.
Possibly the implants were Made Up Later in the grand scheme of things? Cordelia mentions in this book that one of the babies might have been hers.
A limited number of women were made pregnant and handed to Serg according to Elena Visconti in The Warrior's Apprentice. I don't think all of the pregnancies are because of this. There can't have been any women handed to Serg between Elena and Cordelia because Aral would have gone after Ges and Serg with plasma weaponry.
According to Elena Visconti Vorrutyer didn't rape the women himself, though I'm not sure how she would know in a general sense. If all the women were impregnated for Serg then I think Elena Bothari would have way more sisters and brothers >.>
Escobar is Spanish-speaking and likely has a culture derived from Spain or Latin American. A possible explanation for the pregnancies might be... Catholicism? A philosophical objection to contraceptive implants?
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The question of the raped women is interesting, though. Cordelia mentions in Barrayar that Elena Visconti's contraceptive implant was taken out by Vorrutyer, but this may be an assumption on her part. Contraceptive implants are -not actually mentioned- in Shards of Honor to the best of my recollection, and Visconti doesn't mention it in her accusation in TWA either. Cordelia's apparently wasn't removed.
Possibly the implants were Made Up Later in the grand scheme of things? Cordelia mentions in this book that one of the babies might have been hers.
A limited number of women were made pregnant and handed to Serg according to Elena Visconti in The Warrior's Apprentice. I don't think all of the pregnancies are because of this. There can't have been any women handed to Serg between Elena and Cordelia because Aral would have gone after Ges and Serg with plasma weaponry.
According to Elena Visconti Vorrutyer didn't rape the women himself, though I'm not sure how she would know in a general sense. If all the women were impregnated for Serg then I think Elena Bothari would have way more sisters and brothers >.>
Escobar is Spanish-speaking and likely has a culture derived from Spain or Latin American. A possible explanation for the pregnancies might be... Catholicism? A philosophical objection to contraceptive implants?