Gather 'Round For Another Lesson In Women's Rights & Health Issues from the GOP

[JaneyVee]

Get ready for some cold, hard science facts.

Republican Senate Nominee Todd Akin Explains That Women Don’t Really Get Pregnant From ‘Legitimate Rape’

Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican nominee for Senate in Missouri, doesn't think abortion in the case of rape is really an issue. That's because he has it on good authority that women don't get pregnant from "legitimate rape" anyway.

First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.

The nonsense term "legitimate rape" aside, this claim is based on the belief that the female body won't let itself become pregnant during a rape, I guess because the women don't want to have a baby?

The Rest: http://gawker.com/5936050/republican-senate-nominee-explains-that-women-dont-really-get-pregnant-from-legitimate-rape?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

[zbdent]

1. Why is it that the male GOP lawmakers have no problem writing laws which affect only women,

but when a Dem/Lib says ANYTHING about the military, the nearly standard response is "How can you comment on war/serving/etc. if you've never had any experience in it???"

[lunatica]

2. Doesn't everyone know that women have been practicing the I-don't-want-to-get-pregnant

form of birth control all the way back to prehistory?

[lpbk2713]

3. I'd have to laugh at this ignorance if the topic wasn't so serious.

Frankly I don't see how some of these idiots make it through the
day with their overwhelming stupidity working against them.

[kestrel91316]

4. Science denier gets human physiology wrong: big shock there.

[Curtland1015]

5. All true. Also, women breathe through their gills and fly south for the winter.

I have it on good authority.

[JaneyVee]

7. That's coming up on next week's episode of Bat-Shit GOP

[all american girl]

6. How about we make a deal....if you are a congresscritter,

talking about women's health and/or making laws about women's health, you have to pass a basic 8th grade bio class. Otherwise you are NOT allowed to have a thought about our girly bits.

[blue neen]

8. He's a complete and utter moron.

Mr. Akin has no business running for the Senate. We taxpayers will then be required to pay an even bigger salary for this idiot.

...and what the hell is a "legitimate rape?"