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geefloyd46

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Mon Aug 20, 2012, 08:03 PM Aug 2012

From the onion: Pregnant Woman Relieved To Learn Her Rape Was Illegitimate

LITCHFIELD, CT—Though she was initially upset following the brutal sexual assault last month that left her pregnant, victim Martha Byars told reporters she was relieved Sunday to learn from Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) that her ability to conceive her unwanted child proves she was not, in fact, legitimately raped.

“Being violently coerced into having sex was the worst thing that’s ever happened to me, so I take comfort in knowing it wasn’t actually rape,” Byars said of the vicious encounter in which she was accosted in an alleyway by a stranger, pinned to the ground, and penetrated against her will for 25 minutes. “It was absolutely horrific—I felt violated in the worst way imaginable—but thanks to Congressman Akin, I now realize it must, at some level, have been consensual after all.”


[link:http://www.theonion.com/articles/pregnant-woman-relieved-to-learn-her-rape-was-ille,29258/|

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From the onion: Pregnant Woman Relieved To Learn Her Rape Was Illegitimate (Original Post) geefloyd46 Aug 2012 OP
The onion nailed it SpartanDem Aug 2012 #1
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