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  • Indiana GOP Senate candidate stands by rape comment

    10/24/2012 9:38:38 AM PDT · by Altariel · 119 replies
    Chicago Tribune ^ | October 24, 2012 | AP
    Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock is standing by his statement that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape "that's something God intended." He says some people have twisted his comment. Mourdock said in a news conference Wednesday that he abhors any sexual violence and regrets it if his comment during a debate Tuesday night left another impression. Mourdock, who's been locked in one of the country's most expensive and closely watched Senate races, was asked during the final minutes of the debate whether abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest. "I struggled with it myself...