Sun Aug 19, 2012, 02:51 PM

kpete (38,902 posts)

Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant

Source: Talking Points Memo

Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant

Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican nominee for Senate in Missouri who is running against Sen. Claire McCaskill, justified his opposition to abortion rights even in case of rape with a claim that victims of “legitimate rape” have unnamed biological defenses that prevent pregnancy.

“First of all, from what I understand from doctors (pregnancy from rape) is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in an interview posted Sunday. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

Akin said that even in the worst-case scenario — when the supposed natural protections against unwanted pregnancy fail — abortion should still not be a legal option for the rape victim.

“Let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work, or something,” Akin said. “I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.”

Read more: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php?ref=fpa

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Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant (Original post)	kpete	Aug 2012	OP
OMG! The STYOO-PID of some people........It boggles the mind!	TheDebbieDee	Aug 2012	#1
and the polling seems to show that he will be....	rfranklin	Aug 2012	#5
Then McCaskill should take a really hard look at her staff and start replacing people	INdemo	Aug 2012	#39
Time to tell the women of Missouri about Mr. Akin	Botany	Aug 2012	#40
He is just creepy looking.	SoapBox	Aug 2012	#43
Well	atreides1	Aug 2012	#68
Missouri has got 'em	Botany	Aug 2012	#81
+1000	smirkymonkey	Aug 2012	#98
My gosh, I have witnessed the "dumbing down" of Americans	dotymed	Aug 2012	#139
Yeah, but those polls were taken before this remark was made	nxylas	Aug 2012	#129
Well, Inhofe and DeMint are already senators	Jack Rabbit	Aug 2012	#29
some facebook comments	roguevalley	Aug 2012	#125
WTH? Is this guy now a doctor, too?	Lifelong Protester	Aug 2012	#2
‘Legitimate Rape’	SoapBox	Aug 2012	#24
Local news is running with it.	xmas74	Aug 2012	#121
"Legitimate Rape" is DogWhistle for "Women lie about rape"	BlancheSplanchnik	Aug 2012	#141
'juices don't flow"	bluemarkers	Aug 2012	#74
OK, that kind of stuff	Lifelong Protester	Aug 2012	#118
That's an old lie promoted by the same old people.	yardwork	Aug 2012	#3
Like you can't get pregnant the first time you have sex...	rfranklin	Aug 2012	#6
That old myth is harmful, but the one about rape is much worse.	yardwork	Aug 2012	#9
What rock did they find him under?	snot	Aug 2012	#4
I think this idiot needs a biology lesson	canuckledragger	Aug 2012	#7
That scene in "Deliverance" comes to mind	truedelphi	Aug 2012	#12
I think it was too brutal...	rfranklin	Aug 2012	#14
I don't think it would help...	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2012	#94
Republicans have rejected the legitimacy of the biological sciences,	tclambert	Aug 2012	#130
What the hell	Third Doctor	Aug 2012	#8
"legit"? Prob. Akins thinks it is not date rape, not spousal rape, & only violent stranger rape.	Bernardo de La Paz	Aug 2012	#120
Basic human physiology FAIL.	kestrel91316	Aug 2012	#10
I would like to know the name of the doctor(s) who told him about this 'shut-down' thing...	Tikki	Aug 2012	#11
Agreed. This needs to be hit hard.	LiberalFighter	Aug 2012	#122
Astounding	alcibiades_mystery	Aug 2012	#13
and republicans wonder why they have trouble getting the female vote?	Botany	Aug 2012	#15
OK, so maybe it wasn't a real doctor...	ThoughtCriminal	Aug 2012	#16
a classic case of "a little learning is a dang'rous thing":	unblock	Aug 2012	#17
My wife and I got pregnant the 1st time for all 3 kids	TrogL	Aug 2012	#105
nice aim!	unblock	Aug 2012	#124
wonder	PatrynXX	Aug 2012	#18
I remember reading that Jessie Helms believed that a woman could not get pregnant unless	djean111	Aug 2012	#19
...and non-witches SINK when tossed into water...witches came to the top of the water.	SoapBox	Aug 2012	#21
...	SammyWinstonJack	Aug 2012	#101
Love the Fetus...Hate the Child	SoapBox	Aug 2012	#20
You forgot...	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2012	#96
Opps...my mistake	SoapBox	Aug 2012	#103
How does he survive from day to day being that stupid?	Solly Mack	Aug 2012	#22
These men hate women.	efhmc	Aug 2012	#23
All I can say,	NOLALady	Aug 2012	#25
Maybe the Senator they deserve, but........	mrmpa	Aug 2012	#60
And the rest of us?	RC	Aug 2012	#97
And in a perfect world...those that voted for him would be the only ones to suffer from his	SammyWinstonJack	Aug 2012	#106
I agree with you to a point.	LiberalFighter	Aug 2012	#123
You know, every time I think repukes can't get even more disgusting,	Zoeisright	Aug 2012	#26
That darned ol' illegitimate rape will get a women every time. For God's sake, how in the hell	AlinPA	Aug 2012	#27
That's what amazes me - did this guy even graduate from High School?	smirkymonkey	Aug 2012	#100
How can you be so stupid and misinformed and make it to that level?	AlbertCat	Aug 2012	#138
Rapepublicans.	truthisfreedom	Aug 2012	#28
Why the fuck isn't this story in national haedlines today? n/t	SpankMe	Aug 2012	#30
I have looked around...it is in the headlines..as of 7pm eastern..Sunday..	Stuart G	Aug 2012	#111
I am the product of rape. Nice to know I don't exist.	citizen blues	Aug 2012	#31
pay no attention to that guy...	handmade34	Aug 2012	#82
This calls for 101,000 banghead smilies	XemaSab	Aug 2012	#32
What about when 3D did it ?	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	#33
OMG there are so many stoopid people, no wonder the repukes took the House	wordpix	Aug 2012	#35
I know you are kidding but: Snope says NO	TalkingDog	Aug 2012	#42
Never occured to me to Snope it.	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	#45
LOL	Skittles	Aug 2012	#127
I can't believe that guy has enough brains to breathe	Kali	Aug 2012	#34
o...m...g	DonRedwood	Aug 2012	#36
I suppose we should be thankful ...	AlbertCat	Aug 2012	#37
Holy Cow !!!!!!!	elbloggoZY27	Aug 2012	#38
This message was self-deleted by its author	allan01	Aug 2012	#41
So if its rape, and a baby is conceived, it is deemed an "illegitimate rape?"	spike91nz	Aug 2012	#44
Todd also apparently believes that a woman can't get pregnant unless she has a climax in the process	RC	Aug 2012	#102
Hello Washington Post	Botany	Aug 2012	#46
Explaining his no-exceptions policy on abortions, Akin was asked why he opposes abortion even when."	SoapBox	Aug 2012	#47
AKIN	soulardbill	Aug 2012	#48
On this board I think you'll find	drm604	Aug 2012	#63
Are these people stupid?	plethoro	Aug 2012	#49
The Republican party has undergone a coup executed by the John Birch Society.	Dawson Leery	Aug 2012	#50
What the hell is legitimate about rape? I'm glad that idiot is not a biology teacher.	appleannie1	Aug 2012	#51
Attitudes like this comes from people	avebury	Aug 2012	#52
How does this idiot remember to breathe?	Odin2005	Aug 2012	#52
I understand being opposed to abortion	Sherman A1	Aug 2012	#54
Someone needs to get hit by a "clue-by-four."	sakabatou	Aug 2012	#55
The GOP is sooooooooo out of touch	SmittynMo	Aug 2012	#56
It's time to make these bastards produce proof. I'm sick of their bullshit claims.	nolabear	Aug 2012	#57
'Let's assume,' this prick has a working brain. But that'd make an ass out of both of us. No sale!	freshwest	Aug 2012	#58
This is what happens when someone believes the world works the way they believe...	Spitfire of ATJ	Aug 2012	#59
Allow me to among the first to congratulate Clair McCaskill on her re-election!	rocktivity	Aug 2012	#61
I wish I could share your optimism.	drm604	Aug 2012	#66
As terrible as it sounds....	RandySF	Aug 2012	#62
Un-fucking-believable - n/t	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#64
Update: Here is Claire McCaskill's response	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#65
What the hell is "legitimate rape"?	greatauntoftriplets	Aug 2012	#67
The mind wobbles.	mysuzuki2	Aug 2012	#69
Since Logic, Science, Reason, and Human Decency aren't relevent	Odd Won Out	Aug 2012	#70
Absolutely Jaw-Dropping	bucolic_frolic	Aug 2012	#71
That makes it very clear to see ...	surrealAmerican	Aug 2012	#72
sinking lower than that slimy space beneath the rock	rizlaplus	Aug 2012	#73
What an asswipe!!!!	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Aug 2012	#75
Claire needs to make this a political add and run it around the clock.	muntrv	Aug 2012	#76
Rip open a women's legs, and ram that flagstaff into that womb.	krispos42	Aug 2012	#77
And what kind of doctor, pray tell, enlightened the esteemed nominee with this crock of shit?	Arkansas Granny	Aug 2012	#78
Who are these "doctors"???	PatSeg	Aug 2012	#79
McCaskill needs to fight dirty.	randome	Aug 2012	#80
New Update: Another response from Senator Claire McCaskill	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#83
That's what I mean. A fucking wordy response does not really help.	randome	Aug 2012	#88
What the hell do you expect her to do on a Sunday, give her a bit of time. She won't let it drop.	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#92
Let the deadline pass for him to get out of the race in a day or two.	Coyotl	Aug 2012	#133
No need to get in front of a runaway train.	Ellipsis	Aug 2012	#112
Todd needs a canoe trip down the MO river, so he can learn what rape feels like.	Dont call me Shirley	Aug 2012	#84
Update - Akin On ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment: ‘I Misspoke’	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#85
This message was self-deleted by its author	Botany	Aug 2012	#87
Problem is, that isn't just a gaffe.	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#90
too late....any woman who votes for this asshole...is an idiot..nt	Stuart G	Aug 2012	#99
Dang!	SoapBox	Aug 2012	#104
The last word says it all	Angry Dragon	Aug 2012	#117
I'm so sick of the get-out-of-jail "I-mispoke" free card.	CrispyQ	Aug 2012	#137
Retroactively abort the rapist, maybe?	caseymoz	Aug 2012	#86
Why do I hear banjos when I see him?	underpants	Aug 2012	#89
.............	Proud Liberal Dem	Aug 2012	#91
Jesus on a pogo stick...	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2012	#93
We have a winner---make that a LOSER in the genetic race. You can't make someone this dumb	McCamy Taylor	Aug 2012	#95
if McCaskill's people	Dustin DeWinde	Aug 2012	#107
Article: How Todd Akin And Paul Ryan Partnered To Redefine Rape	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#108
Interesting article and doesn't surprise me in the least -	TBF	Aug 2012	#131
This clown hasn't dropped out yet?	Thrill	Aug 2012	#109
On googles top stories he's number two btween Assange and Syrian President Bashar al-Assa	Ellipsis	Aug 2012	#110
This is a popular right wing myth.	thucythucy	Aug 2012	#113
You can't fix stupid	PD Turk	Aug 2012	#114
When this idiot wins in a landslide in November,	Doctor_J	Aug 2012	#115
Your apology thread will be sought in two days when he is out of the race.	Coyotl	Aug 2012	#126
Where do	The Last Democrat	Aug 2012	#116
Akin’s claim is not uncommon in conservative circles	jsr	Aug 2012	#119
my questions to him would have to be	SemperEadem	Aug 2012	#128
NPR. Bless their little hearts.	Sanddancer	Aug 2012	#132
Saw it on Yahoo	12zelda12	Aug 2012	#134
"legitimate rape" ??????	emald	Aug 2012	#135
No words.	CrispyQ	Aug 2012	#136
Unbelievable	oldsarge54	Aug 2012	#140
Is this guy really that stupid?	Marthe48	Aug 2012	#142
Who is Supporting Rapists?	MountainS	Aug 2012	#143
I'm still trying to get past the complete ignorance of human biology	Marthe48	Aug 2012	#146
New Law (10 feet away)	MountainS	Aug 2012	#144
huh?	Kali	Aug 2012	#145

Response to kpete (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 02:56 PM

TheDebbieDee (8,379 posts)

1. OMG! The STYOO-PID of some people........It boggles the mind!

And this moron wants to be a Senator.............

Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant

1. OMG! The STYOO-PID of some people........It boggles the mind!

5. and the polling seems to show that he will be....

39. Then McCaskill should take a really hard look at her staff and start replacing people

40. Time to tell the women of Missouri about Mr. Akin

43. He is just creepy looking.

68. Well

81. Missouri has got 'em

98. +1000

139. My gosh, I have witnessed the "dumbing down" of Americans

129. Yeah, but those polls were taken before this remark was made

29. Well, Inhofe and DeMint are already senators

125. some facebook comments

2. WTH? Is this guy now a doctor, too?

24. ‘Legitimate Rape’

121. Local news is running with it.

141. "Legitimate Rape" is DogWhistle for "Women lie about rape"

74. 'juices don't flow"

118. OK, that kind of stuff

3. That's an old lie promoted by the same old people.

6. Like you can't get pregnant the first time you have sex...

9. That old myth is harmful, but the one about rape is much worse.

4. What rock did they find him under?

7. I think this idiot needs a biology lesson

12. That scene in "Deliverance" comes to mind

14. I think it was too brutal...

94. I don't think it would help...

130. Republicans have rejected the legitimacy of the biological sciences,

8. What the hell

120. "legit"? Prob. Akins thinks it is not date rape, not spousal rape, & only violent stranger rape.

10. Basic human physiology FAIL.

11. I would like to know the name of the doctor(s) who told him about this 'shut-down' thing...

122. Agreed. This needs to be hit hard.

13. Astounding

15. and republicans wonder why they have trouble getting the female vote?

16. OK, so maybe it wasn't a real doctor...

17. a classic case of "a little learning is a dang'rous thing":

105. My wife and I got pregnant the 1st time for all 3 kids

124. nice aim!

18. wonder

19. I remember reading that Jessie Helms believed that a woman could not get pregnant unless

21. ...and non-witches SINK when tossed into water...witches came to the top of the water.

101. ...

20. Love the Fetus...Hate the Child

96. You forgot...

103. Opps...my mistake

22. How does he survive from day to day being that stupid?

23. These men hate women.

25. All I can say,

60. Maybe the Senator they deserve, but........

97. And the rest of us?

106. And in a perfect world...those that voted for him would be the only ones to suffer from his

123. I agree with you to a point.

26. You know, every time I think repukes can't get even more disgusting,

27. That darned ol' illegitimate rape will get a women every time. For God's sake, how in the hell

100. That's what amazes me - did this guy even graduate from High School?

138. How can you be so stupid and misinformed and make it to that level?

28. Rapepublicans.

30. Why the fuck isn't this story in national haedlines today? n/t

111. I have looked around...it is in the headlines..as of 7pm eastern..Sunday..

31. I am the product of rape. Nice to know I don't exist.

82. pay no attention to that guy...

32. This calls for 101,000 banghead smilies

33. What about when 3D did it ?

35. OMG there are so many stoopid people, no wonder the repukes took the House

42. I know you are kidding but: Snope says NO

45. Never occured to me to Snope it.

127. LOL

34. I can't believe that guy has enough brains to breathe

36. o...m...g

37. I suppose we should be thankful ...

38. Holy Cow !!!!!!!

44. So if its rape, and a baby is conceived, it is deemed an "illegitimate rape?"

102. Todd also apparently believes that a woman can't get pregnant unless she has a climax in the process

46. Hello Washington Post

47. Explaining his no-exceptions policy on abortions, Akin was asked why he opposes abortion even when."

48. AKIN

63. On this board I think you'll find

49. Are these people stupid?

50. The Republican party has undergone a coup executed by the John Birch Society.