The question...
Charles Jaco: Okay, so if an abortion can be considered in the case of, say, tubal pregnancy or something like that, what about in the case of rape? Should it be legal or not?
Here is his reply to the question...
Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.):
Well, you know, uh, people always want to try to make that as one of those things, ‘Well, how do you – how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question.’
It seems to me, first of all, 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.
But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. You know, I think there should be some punishment but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.
Which has NOTHING to do with the question, and if in his mind it does, then he’s very confused on what it means to be pro-life.
Thanks for sharing your opinion.
So the issue of whether it’s moral to abort a child conceived in rape is dependent on how likely it is to happen?
You mean if it rare then it would be wrong to murder the baby, but if pregnancy from rape is common then should no longer oppose it?
Whether it’s rare or it’s common, it’s still WRONG. Because it’s MURDER. He brought up an irrelevant issue which demonstrated that his thinking on the issue is muddled and unclear, and your defense of him demonstrates the same quality in you.