ARTICLE HERE
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“It
seems to me first of all from what I understand from doctors that’s
really rare,” Akin said of a rape victim’s chances of becoming pregnant.
“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut
that whole thing down.”
He also said he would prefer that punishment for rape be focused on the rapist and not “attacking the child.”
Akin
said in an e-mailed statement later Sunday that he “misspoke” during
the interview, though the statement did not say specifically
which points.
“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,” Akin’s statement said.”
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“According to a 1996 study by The Medical
University
of South Carolina in Charleston, approximately 32,000 pregnancies
result from rape annually in the United States, and about 5 percent of
rape victims are impregnated. “Rape-related pregnancy occurs with
significant frequency,” the study says, according to an abstract.”
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Ohhh, he ‘misspoke”. Well then… everything is alright.
If
the teabaggers talk like that in public or on a public tv show…What do
they say or how do they act when there are no cameras or reporters
around?
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I personally believe that this attack on women’s
rights by the teabaggers and rethugs is not so much about health or
babies as it is about regaining and having control over women that they
perceive to have lost over the past 100yrs. or so. I think that they are
a bunch of frightened, scared shitbags.
Not to mention that there is a
“DEMOCRAT” in “their” White House.
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While
doing research for the above I ran across this. I had completely
forgotten about it. I wonder if Rmoney knew about this when he picked
Ryan? I think he did but didn’t think it would come up. Along with their
budget plan this could really bite them in the ass.
How Todd Akin And Paul Ryan Partnered To Redefine Rape.
Article Here
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“Last
year, Akin joined with GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan
(R-WI) as two of the original co-sponsors of the “No Taxpayer Funding
for Abortion Act,” a bill which, among other things, introduced the
country to the bizarre term “
forcible rape.”
Federal law prevents federal Medicaid funds and similar programs from paying for abortions. Yet the law also contains an
exception for women who are raped.
The bill Akin and Ryan cosponsored would have narrowed this exception,
providing that only pregnancies arising from “forcible rape” may be
terminated. Because the primary target of Akin and Ryan’s effort are
Medicaid recipients — patients who are unlikely to be able to afford an
abortion absent Medicaid funding — the likely impact of this bill would
have been
forcing many rape survivors to carry their rapist’s baby to term. Michelle Goldberg explains who Akin and Ryan would likely target:
Under H.R. 3, only victims of “forcible rape” would qualify for federally funded abortions. Victims
of statutory rape—say, a 13-year-old girl impregnated by a 30-year-old
man—would be on their own. So would victims of incest if they’re over
18. And while “forcible rape” isn’t defined in the criminal code, the
addition of the adjective seems certain to exclude acts of rape that
don’t involve overt violence—say, cases where a woman is drugged or has a
limited mental capacity. “It’s basically putting more restrictions on what was defined historically as rape,” says Keenan.
Although a version of this bill passed the GOP-controlled House, the “forcible rape” language was
eventually removed
due to widespread public outcry. Paul Ryan, however, believes that the
“forcible rape” language does not actually go far enough to force women
to carry their rapist’s baby. Ryan believes that abortion should be
illegal in all cases except for “cases in which a doctor deems an abortion necessary to save the mother’s life.” So rape survivors are out of luck.
And, of course, as we learned today, Akin isn’t even sure that “legitimate” rape survivors can get pregnant in the first place.
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Akin isn’t sure because he has shit for brains. How do these batshitinsane assholes get elected. 6 TIMES!!!!
I’m hoping that the democrats don’t let this go. They need to beat the rethugs to death with this.
The
teapublicans keep screaming about what is taken out of context from
President Obama’s speeches or what Vice-President Biden says 24/7. Even
though they have said the same, and even worse things.
The dems keep getting ammunition to put the rethugs and teabaggers handed to them on a silver platter.
All they have to do is use it.
If you read all of this rant.
Thank you.
If I offended anyone I hope it was the ones that deserved it.
