What the Hell is "Legitimate Rape???"

[dynasaw]

"Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) justified his extreme opposition to abortion by claiming that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant.

In an interview with KTVI-TV on Sunday, the GOP Senate nominee was asked if he supported abortion in the case of rape.

"From what I understand from doctors, that's really rare," said Akin said of pregnancy caused by rape. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

Where do people like this get their ideas from? "Legitimate Rape!!"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/19/todd-akin-abortion-legitimate-rape_n_1807381.html

[a geek named Bob]

1. I really have to wonder about a group

that would elect somebody that talks about "legitimate rape"

[coalition_unwilling]

2. An 'illegitimate rape,' you see, is where the victim secretly fantasizes

about being raped and secretly desires it.

(in case it's needed)

[Hugabear]

3. I'd like to know what is an "illegitmate rape"

When is rape not "legitimate"?

[IggleDoer]

4. IOKIYAR

When a Rethus's daughter gets raped, it's legitimate.

Otherwise, you'll gust have to keep they baby. It's the X-tian thing to do.

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. Fucking a sleeping woman if you're Julian Assange, apparently

if "legitimate" means "acceptable", anyway.

[seabeyond]

6. date rape is not "legitimate" for some. it has to be stranger, behind bushes, beaten up. nt

[redqueen]

13. This.

It's not rocket science, really.

Whoopi called it "rape rape", he calls it "legitimate" rape.

We live in a rape culture. The widespread denial that certain types of rape are 'really' rape is evidence of this fact.

[seabeyond]

15. Whoopi called it "rape rape", he calls it "legitimate" rape.

yup. thanks redq. pretending it is anything else but what it is, when it is being yelled loudly for all to hear.

[spanone]

7. it's amazing how ignorant you can be and still get elected to the united states congress

[Politicalboi]

8. Legitimate Rape

You know, the rape that happens when you are in your bed and your boyfriend wants sex and you say no. You don't have any clothes on, and YOU are teasing him. So you MUST do your womanly duty for him. Legitimate rape where the guy you're going steady with has the right to rape you. Because it's possible you really meant yes when you said no.

[mzteris]

11. or you're married to the guy.

He's entitled, right?

Whether YOU want to or not doesn't really matter, now does it? It's all about what the man wants. And he can do it with impunity. 'cause women should serve their husbands right? No matter what? No matter when?

You have no say. It's his right. Take it. It literally becomes - f*ck her - who cares what she wants or says.

[dynasaw]

9. Aside from the idiocy

of thinking women have some kind of valve they can turn on or off to getting pregnant, the most frightening thing is to hear someone talk about rape being legitimate. Sorry Mr Akin rape is NEVER legitimate.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. It's like Paul Ryan's "Forcible Rape", or Ron Paul's "honest rape"

Last edited Sun Aug 19, 2012, 06:41 PM - Edit history (1)

How Todd Akin And Paul Ryan Partnered To Redefine Rape

Earlier today, Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) claimed that “legitimate rape” does not often lead to pregnancy because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” This is not the first time the biologically challenged senate candidate tried to minimize the impact of rape. Last year, Akin joined with GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as two of the original co-sponsors of the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” a bill which, among other things, introduced the country to the bizarre term “forcible rape.”

Federal law prevents federal Medicaid funds and similar programs from paying for abortions. Yet the law also contains an exception for women who are raped. The bill Akin and Ryan cosponsored would have narrowed this exception, providing that only pregnancies arising from “forcible rape” may be terminated. Because the primary target of Akin and Ryan’s effort are Medicaid recipients — patients who are unlikely to be able to afford an abortion absent Medicaid funding — the likely impact of this bill would have been forcing many rape survivors to carry their rapist’s baby to term. Michelle Goldberg explains who Akin and Ryan would likely target:

Under H.R. 3, only victims of “forcible rape” would qualify for federally funded abortions. Victims of statutory rape—say, a 13-year-old girl impregnated by a 30-year-old man—would be on their own. So would victims of incest if they’re over 18. And while “forcible rape” isn’t defined in the criminal code, the addition of the adjective seems certain to exclude acts of rape that don’t involve overt violence—say, cases where a woman is drugged or has a limited mental capacity. “It’s basically putting more restrictions on what was defined historically as rape,” says Keenan.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/19/712251/how-todd-akin-and-paul-ryan-partnered-to-redefine-rape/

MORGAN: You have two daughters. You have many granddaughters. If one of them was raped -- and I accept it's a very unlikely thing to happen -- but if they were, would you honestly look at them in the eye and say they had to have that child if they were impregnated?

PAUL: No. If it's an honest rape, that individual should go immediately to the emergency room. I would give them a shot of estrogen....

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/02/06/10331008-ron-paul-and-honest-rape?lite

[HopeHoops]

12. I suppose when you leave a business card.

[stuntcat]

14. words that only a man would use

That's what.