Todd Akin's 'legitimate rape' and the Romney-Ryan war on women - VIDEO
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Akin agrees with Paul Ryan that abortion should be illegal in all cases, even when a woman is raped and becomes pregnant.
Women who have been "legitimately raped", said Akin, have mysterious ways of shutting down the process whereby they conceive.
"First of all, from what I understand from doctors (pregnancy from rape) is really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," he said.
Call it voodoo, or call it female intuition, but a women knows when a baby should not be born and she refuses to allow herself to become pregnant, he inferred.
Akin is challenging Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill, who I hope will shortly teach him a thing or two about reproductive biology and political campaigning.
Akin, by the way, sits on the House science committee, which explains why creationism and global-warming-denying are still such signature issues for the GOP.
It should be remembered that Akin and Ryan were the original co-sponsors of the extremist bill H.R. 3 'No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act' which included language which changed the definition of 'rape' to 'forcible rape' until public outcry forced them to change it back.
Like Akin, Ryan is not only anti-choice, he has been against abortion in all cases. Mitt Romney has said he would get rid of Planned Parenthood. So the war on women is back in the headlines and it's about time.
Akin himself has no question about what should happen if a women becomes pregnant through rape or incest and he said so: 'I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.'
There you go ladies. If these are sentiments you can support then team Romney/Ryan are your men.
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seanomelb | Aug 26, 2012, 12:07 AM EDT
You're getting ahead of yourself Pittsburgh me boy or "there's none so blind-----
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Pittsburghkid | Aug 25, 2012, 03:24 PM EDT
The War on Woman has been cancelled by the Democrats for lack of interest.
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seanomelb | Aug 24, 2012, 11:40 PM EDT
Climb down from your ignorant high horse GoSox. I suppose Limbaugh and co.are your source of radical right wing drivvel.
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miamicanes | Aug 23, 2012, 01:44 PM EDT
How can someone that old have that kind of thinking? Is that representative of the older folks there. No, before he apologizes he needs therapy. To say what he's said is akin to sexual harassment. Good grief, this is 2012, at least I think it is. And I am serious about the therapy.
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GoSox | Aug 23, 2012, 10:51 AM EDT
TomSwinford, thanks for the comments. I'm glad to see your using the MSNBC talking points and believe eveything you hear from the current admin. Also, sorry to see that you have an anti-Isreal leaning position. I would gladly match my background and education against your in the formation of my concerns. Oddly, I didn't see you mention anything about the economy. Oh, I already know your answer . . . the economy would be much worse "but for Obama's intervention." I feel some degree of sadness for people of your intellect, in that you know better than everyone else. When you feel to see all sides of an issue and tend to rely on the only economic plan that has proven to fail time and time again. Oh well . . .
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GoSox | Aug 22, 2012, 09:20 PM EDT
GoSox, so you're worried about a nuclear Iran and the expansion of the Chinese Navy. I feel for you lad. But let me enlighten you a tad since it seems your tv is stuck on FoxNews. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Martin Dempsey, has said that he considers the Iranian leadership "a rational actor," meaning that Iran will do nothing, but nothing to cause its own national suicide - which is precisely what would happen if Iran were insane enough to launch a nuclear missle on nuclear Israel. On the other hand, Israel's not-so-rational prime minister, Netanyahu, is itching to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran and wants a U.S. guarantee of support in this lunatic action. Obama is wisely resisting. As for China's navy, were it necessary for the U.S. to attack it tomorrow, we could effectively destroy it entirely after breakfast and be home in time for lunch. Former Secretary of Defence, Bob Gates (a Republican) laughed out loud when he was asked if the Chinese Navy was a threat to the U.S. For example, we currently have 11 carrier groups, one more under construction and two more planned. China has zero carriers - after many years they're still trying to launch their first carrier, built on the hull of an old Soviet warship. The U.S. Navy is larger than the next 13 largest navies combined. Now, lad, why don't you go back to FoxNews and continue to wallow in Dumbville.
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ciaradexy | Aug 22, 2012, 06:55 PM EDT
And I thought Irish politicians were stupid!? Seems yours are much worse America!
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BrianO | Aug 22, 2012, 05:10 PM EDT
according to completely made up facts, no aborted babies are female.
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eiriamach | Aug 22, 2012, 01:46 PM EDT
@Mousemess, you say, "I believe strongly this way regardless of my status as a faithful attendant of weekly Sunday church services." I don't see any dilemma. You wrote elsewhere on IC that you're an Episcopalian. Although ECUSA dislikes abortion in general (doesn't everyone?), its position is not monolithic, nor dogmatic, nor irrational. Episcopalians are open to the light that science can shed on concepts like "person," and, unlike RC, it does not oppose abortion to save a woman's life. For Episcopalians an informed conscience is autonomous, not enslaved to centuries-old dogma. To me, the wisdom of ECUSA lies in its resiliency, its willingness to rethink tradition in light of the Gospel received ever anew. To be able to correct the errors of the past rather than defending dysfunctional, anti-scientific doctrines and traditions is a special grace that appeals to the young and to people like me, who are appalled by the un-Christ-like, misogynist politics of some other groups that mislabel themselves "Christian."
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GoSox | Aug 22, 2012, 01:30 PM EDT
Interesting Take . . . however, I am more concerned about the economy, finding jobs, the expansion of the Chinese Navy in the pacific and a Nuclear Iran. The current administration has proven it is inept at handling any of these issues. So, I think we need to put this one issue into proper context. The future of a country is at stake and all some people want to talk about are social issues that are no more going to change from what they are than is the color of the sky. lets get to the real issues and stop distracting from what is important to the future of my children!!!
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hollabackgurl | Aug 22, 2012, 11:06 AM EDT
Paul Ryan and Todd Akin cosponsored a “personhood” bill that would not only prohibit rape survivors from seeking an abortion, but would likely treat terminating a pregnancy that results from rape as a homicide crime. Similarly, Ryan and Akin partnered on a bill seeking to prevent Medicaid recipients who are raped from obtaining an abortion unless they are victims of “forcible rape.”
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eiriamach | Aug 22, 2012, 10:49 AM EDT
TomS, that's an incredible story of courage and love. Thanks for giving us that glimpse into family life in the west of Ireland. ~~~~~~~ A plank in the GOP platform adopted Monday opposes all abortion unconditionally, with no exceptions to save the lives or health of pregnant women, no exception for rape or incest or fatal fetal anomalies, no exception for child victims of rape, no role for information from medical science....
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BrianO | Aug 22, 2012, 10:03 AM EDT
Hollaback, one step at a time, tough to face a death sentences when still in the womb. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Mousemess | Aug 22, 2012, 07:57 AM EDT
Paul Ryan makes ONE exception to his abortion belief...abortion IF the mother's life is in danger.
Other than that, as a male myself, it's gets on my very last nerve THAT MALES like Paul Ryan(who will never have to experience pregnancy in their own bodies) are trying to make laws against women's health issues even like preventing the availability of abortion in the case of rape and incest.
And I believe strongly this way regardless of my status as a faithful attendant of weekly Sunday church services.
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