> The guy is 65 years old. Myabe a bit of dementia is creeping in.
Glenn Beck mentioned a 1970s study about women “shutting down” in the event of rape, so Akin’s long-term memory at least is functioning well.
Women get pregnant all the time from rape. To pretend otherwise is being willfully stupid.
They also get Sexually transmitted diseases. I suppose some people think we should withhold treatment for that..
This fool (atkins) is single handily changing the dynamics of the race. The dems want to talk about anything other than the economy and this dope has given them an issue on a silver platter.
Just think of how much damage Obama will do in the next 4 years if reelected.
Jyotishi: In medical school in the 70’s the teaching was the chance of a pregnancy from a rape was much less than the chance of pregnancy from consensual rape. The speculation was based on studies which suggested that the psychologic trauma caused hormone changes that were hostile to fertilized ovum implantation with resultant expulsion from the uterus. Sounded plausible — can’t quote the exact research at this time but I’d bet a research of the medical literature will turn this up....
Of course it never said it COULD NOT result in pregnancy, just that the odds were much lower in those cases.
His unfortunate use of the word “legitimate” colors the picture quite a bit as it’s not politically correct to be seen as accusatory to women who report rape, though a certain percentage are false claims....that is unless you are referring to one Juanita Broderick !!
Fight on Mr. Akin.... ome misstatement can not compare to the multitude of dangerous socialist votes that have been cast by Sen. McCaskill.
It wasn’t even a study, that’s the old Willke snake oil writings that some pro-lifers still spout even though it has been incredibly discredited. Any responsible politician won’t be spreading that nonsense when medical science has completely disavowed it.
Not sure what Akin was thinking but his awkward rambling on Hannity earlier today only made it far worse.