[green pastures]

"The ‘fertility’ of the female womb is an issue when it comes to unwanted pregnancy. In this case, just like abortion, the woman makes the decision. Her body responds."

So you would maintain that a miscarriage = abortion? Seriously?

"Again, these are facts. Medical History."

Akin is now on the record as saying he was medically wrong to say that the "female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

The only MISTAKE Akin made was in assuming that the ‘public’ was intelligent enough to avoid being led around by the nose with such a simple and easily verifiable reference, and something that most women experience intimately.

Please stop.

[Sherman Logan]

a·bor·tion

Noun:

1. The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy.

2. A miscarriage.

[GilesB]

No - the poster did not say that miscarriage is the same as abortion. Stop with that kind of disingenuous argument. It is just dishonest.

What the poster said was the woman makes the decision (like she makes the decision to abort). The implied statement is that her body responds to her abhorrance and the distress of the rape. This was all very clear in what was posted. You dihonestly twisted it to your own ends.

Please argue honestly or not at all.

[GilesB]

You posted: Akin is now on the record as saying he was medically wrong to say that the “female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

Let me get this straight - when he makes a statement you don’t agree with, he is ignorant and stupid (I don’t know that you have ever posted that he is such - but your tone clearly implies it). But when he says something you agree with, he becomes an authority on the SAME subject. Hmmmmm, interesting.

I would posit that Akin’s opinion, either pro or con, on this subject are of very little illustrative value. and should not be used to debate the merits of the current topic - which is: “Does the human body respond to forcible rape in a way that would decrease the probability of pregnancy?”