Missouri Senate wannabe Todd Akins is an opponent of abortion, for any reason, even as a result of rape. I believe in choice, so we fundamentally disagree. However, when questioned on the subject, he said it was his understanding that pregnancy from rape was rare, and that it was his understanding "from doctors " that in the case of "a legitimate rape" that a woman's body could shut such a thing down. Once I look into the authenticity of these so called doctors' credentials, I have one question for Akins. Just what in the hell is a legitimate rape? What is the other kind? A not really rape, rape? If a woman becomes pregnant as the result of a rape, does that imply that the rape was not really a rape?
He has since claimed he misspoke. You think, Rep. Akins? I think you made your ignorance and astounding insensitivity crystal clear. Perhaps in revealing that you were unintentional. What part did you not really mean? Please tell us so we can watch you frantically try to backpedal your way to distance from your notion that if a pregnancy results from a rape that the reality of the fact of rape may be in question.
This bespeaks of an underlying opinion of women and rape that generates outrage. Or it should.
