Subject: RE: BS: 'Legitimate Rape'???
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 23 Aug 12 - 03:58 PM



RELIGIOUS RIGHT PEDDLES MYTHS TO CONTROL WOMEN
Fionola Meredith
The creationists are on the move and they have their sights set on the Republic
US congressman Todd Akin is part of a long tradition of the religious right denying women agency over their bodies

IF YOU'RE a politician, there are the things you secretly believe and then there are the things you say.
This week, US Republican congressman Todd Akin's mouth ran away from him when he was asked about his opposition to abortion, even in the case of pregnancy resulting from rape. In a now notorious response, he said: "It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
Let's leave aside the profoundly offensive idea of "legitimate rape" (the opposite of which, by implication, is soft, cuddly, harmless rape) and focus on Akin's ludicrous central claim. Does he really believe women's reproductive systems have an in-built border patrol force, designed to hunt down and kill hostile sperm?


From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Aug 12 - 08:01 PM

Having been a rape victim myself - at gunpoint - I was sickened by Akins comments. I luckily was not pregnant. But anguished for weeks hoping for a period that was weeks late - my body stopped working as my anxiety increased. Guess there's something to it.



You two should talk it out! and leave politics out of it!!!