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I pointed out to you in a subseqent post that Aikin said he meant the word forcible not legitimate. In the context of a bill co-sponsored with Ryan on abortion funding for "forcible rape," it is clear what he meant. The bill passed the house with over 250 votes including those of many Dems.

The rest of your "understanding" of what he meant is just a fantasy when you substitute forcible with legitimate. His junk science conclusion about the body shutting down resulting in less of chance of pregnancy is just that junk science. He did say that women can get pregnant during forcible rape--just that it was rare.

I have a problem with the overreaction to Akin's initial statement during the gotcha interview. He issued an apology several times and explained what he meant. Is this sufficient to cause him to be removed from the ticket after he won the nomination in a primary. I think not. It is just part of the Dem cabal that launched Sandra Fluke who will be speaking at the Dem convention, no doubt attacking Rush Limbaugh despite his apology. Every time we throw someone to the Dem beast as a sacrifice, it does not end the attacks. Just the opposite, it whets their appetite for more.

“is just that junk science”

And when did he realize it was junk science? Only when he was caught red handed saying something so outlandish that he was force (and I use the word forced) to recant.

No one challenged him to come up with this answer, he volunteered it, leading me to the conclusion that he had cherry picked his research to substantiate a belief he already held.

What a great way to defend a life and death position. Idiocy.

“I have a problem with the overreaction to Akin’s initial statement during the gotcha interview”

This was not a gotcha interview (watch it). It was a straight forward question concerning abortion and rape.
His first response was that legitimate rape results in very few pregnancies. So he was laying the foundation to support his next statement that if it was a “true” (legitimate) rape, the female body would shut down the reproductive system resulting in very very few pregnancies.
So first he stated his beliefs about real, true rapes, and then supports his contentions with his version of facts.
He was eager to express those views, so don’t say he was ambushed.