[Vision2020] OSPS-EWG and BEMs

[Rosemary Huskey]

And speaking of  OSPS-EWG and BEMs meet the Republican candidate running in
Missouri.

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
<http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/>  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.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php

Rose Huskey

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