Republican congressman says 'legitimate rape' does not cause pregnancy

[Jazzy]

Republican congressman Todd Akin has sparked fury by claiming that victims of legitimate rape rarely get pregnant.



Representative Todd Akin, a Missouri congressman who is also his party's nominee for the US Senate, said that from what I understand from doctors women's bodies naturally reject pregnancies that result from rape.



The six-term representative made the comments as he argued that abortion should be illegal even in cases of rape or incest.



First of all, from what I understand from doctors, [pregnancy from rape] is really rare, Mr Akin told a local television channel. 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.



Mr Akin's comments may damage his chances of defeating the incumbent Democrat senator Claire McCaskill, who is a vulnerable target for Republicans in November's elections.



Mrs McCaskill seized on the remarks, tweeting: As a woman & former prosecutor who handled 100s of rape cases, I'm stunned by Rep Akin's comments about victims this AM.



In the face of a widespread backlash on the internet, Mr Akin hastily released a statement claiming that he had misspoke.



In reviewing my off-the-cuff remarks, it's clear that I misspoke in this interview and it does not reflect the deep empathy I hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year, he said.

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Misspoke? Sorry, Mr, Atkins, you just slit your own throat.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Read between the lines. Women's rights and the Conservative ideology are inconsonant.

 

[DrLeftover]

No.



Idiot congressmen come from both parties and all parts of the political spectrum.



This man is a total moron.



And he is not an endangered species on The Hill.



For instance who said: “I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels.”



http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/24/pelosi-on-natural-gas-fossil-fuel-or-not/

 

[Evil Eye]

Kindly disallow someone so uneducated from occupying any position of power.

Misspoke? Sorry, Mr, Atkins, you just slit your own throat.

I suspect there'll be plenty of people who will take his word for it...

 

[DrLeftover]

If you read his comment, the actual transcript of what he said....

Rep. Todd Akin, Republican nominee for Missouri's U.S. Senate race this fall: “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.”



“Let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work, or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child, Akin said in an interview this Sunday on KTVI-TV.

.... the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.





I'm sorry, Mr. Akin.



What the F*** were you taught in school?



Are you really that flipping ignorant that you actually believe that?



Jesus H Tapdancing Christ.... Send The Zombies NOW, there is no hope for this country.





And I'm sorry Evil, but anybody who takes that flaming asshole's word for anything other than he is too stupid to be allowed to live and breed deserves an entire great big white building with half an eggshell looking thing on top of it full of other ones just like him.

 

[Evil Eye]

Sounds like a good reason to use that indefinite detention thing to me.

 

[Evil Eye]

Just when I thought I couldn't be shocked at the extent of a person's stupidity...

You'd think there'd be a limit...

 

[Evil Eye]

Presumably an actual rape... as opposed to role playing

Akin has proved that stupidity can extend into infinity.

Let's give him a Nobel Prize for that and then lock him up for studying.