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Here is exactly what Akin said that EVERYONE is SO.... upset with!!!
It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something. You know, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.
GOP Rep. Todd Akin Criticized For Rape Comment : NPR
Again taken totally OUT of CONTEXT ...LIKE "UNCHAINED"!!!!
Akin says that if it wasn't consensual sex, but actual physical totally against the woman's will (LEGITIMATE), sometimes NATURE will NOT allow conception to occur.
So Akin asks a logical question, JUST because the woman is inconvenienced by a pregnancy why should a human being DIE??:??
Seems like a legitimate statement:
Are you in favor of killing a human being JUST because someone is INCONVENIENCED?
Studies have found approximately 5 percent of rapes result in pregnancy.
All Things Considered host Melissa Block talks with Nick Baumann of Mother Jones magazine about the belief at the core of Missouri state Rep. Todd Akin's furor-raising statement over the weekend: that "legitimate rape" rarely leads to pregnancy.
The belief that hormones or adrenaline protect women from conception during rape has been perpetuated for decades in American political discourse, without scientific basis.
BAUMANN: So, as far as we can tell from CDC and medical studies and Planned Parenthood's released some numbers of their own, there are tens of thousands of pregnancies from rape in the U.S. each year. And about 5 percent of women who are raped get pregnant. About half of those pregnancies end in abortion..
Examining The Truth About Rape And Pregnancy : NPR
It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something. You know, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.
GOP Rep. Todd Akin Criticized For Rape Comment : NPR
Again taken totally OUT of CONTEXT ...LIKE "UNCHAINED"!!!!
Akin says that if it wasn't consensual sex, but actual physical totally against the woman's will (LEGITIMATE), sometimes NATURE will NOT allow conception to occur.
So Akin asks a logical question, JUST because the woman is inconvenienced by a pregnancy why should a human being DIE??:??
Seems like a legitimate statement:
Are you in favor of killing a human being JUST because someone is INCONVENIENCED?
Studies have found approximately 5 percent of rapes result in pregnancy.
All Things Considered host Melissa Block talks with Nick Baumann of Mother Jones magazine about the belief at the core of Missouri state Rep. Todd Akin's furor-raising statement over the weekend: that "legitimate rape" rarely leads to pregnancy.
The belief that hormones or adrenaline protect women from conception during rape has been perpetuated for decades in American political discourse, without scientific basis.
BAUMANN: So, as far as we can tell from CDC and medical studies and Planned Parenthood's released some numbers of their own, there are tens of thousands of pregnancies from rape in the U.S. each year. And about 5 percent of women who are raped get pregnant. About half of those pregnancies end in abortion..
Examining The Truth About Rape And Pregnancy : NPR