[RaisingCain]

So is what the women who defended Akin in this thread said wrong?

[soycd]

Nothing wrong about opinions. The majority opinion is that akin is an insensitive moron and is only thinking of himself.

He messed up bigtime and needs to go away.

[colorado tanker]

Wilkie's theory is not supported by by any scientific research and is rejected by almost every other ob/gyn physician and scientist. Plus you have the inconvenient fact that many rapes do result in pregnancies.

Akin was talking out of his hat about a field he has no expertise in and he was wrong.

[PhxTM06]

In some ways, yes.

People try to make this too complicated, if a woman is ovulating, and a rapist ejaculates in her, once sperm meets egg, you’ve got a pregnancy.

Pregnancy from rape is rare because of course it has to happen at the right time in a woman’s cycle and the rapist has to ejaculate inside her, however what Akin claimed about a woman’s body being able to “shut it down” was so absolutely stupid and absurd that it really doesn’t deserve a retort.

It went so far beyond medical fact that most people are still wondering where the hell he pulled that BS from???

Cliff Notes

Even in a forced rape, if woman is ovulating and sperm meets egg, you’ve got a pregnancy.

Miscarriage rate for pregnancies that result from rape is 15-20%.

Preeclampsia rate is estimated to be about 10%.