Sadly, it wasn’t one misspoken word. It was a poor scientific comment, which he still claims is backed by “doctors”, that women can’t get pregnant if they are forcibly raped.
The worst part is, that is completely clouds the real reason you should not allow abortion in the case of rape. His argument was that we don’t have to allow abortion for rape because in “real rape” the woman doesn’t get pregnant.
But in reality, the reason we shouldn’t allow abortion for rape is that the child isn’t guilty of a crime, and doesn’t deserve to be murdered just because his father was a rapist. Until we can make that argument with conviction, we’ll have a real problem passing a law to ban abortion for rape.
That’s because too many people who are “pro-life” seem to be so because they think the women deserve to suffer a pregnancy — hence, they think that if it wasn’t the “womans fault” she should be allowed to abort. But pregnancy is not a punishment, and abortion should be illegal because it kills a human being, regardless of how the woman got pregnant or why.
It was a poor scientific comment, which he still claims is backed by “doctors”, that women can’t get pregnant if they are forcibly raped.
He did not say that at all. He said it's not likely, but not impossible. I don't know the scientific facts of it, but I have read online the article from a doctor which he may have been referencing that says the trauma and stress of a rape would make it less likely for a pregnancy to occur.
The worst part is, that is completely clouds the real reason you should not allow abortion in the case of rape. His argument was that we don’t have to allow abortion for rape because in “real rape” the woman doesn’t get pregnant.
But in reality, the reason we shouldn’t allow abortion for rape is that the child isn’t guilty of a crime, and doesn’t deserve to be murdered just because his father was a rapist.
What you just said is EXACTLY what he said in the interview clip. I have no idea what you're complaining about. He said in the rare event that rape results in a pregnancy, the baby should not be punished, the rapist should.
His larger point that these are rare cases is totally valid. Liberals always try to focus on that 5% of problem cases in order to justify changing our entire way of life. That is their basis for Obamacare, their environmental policies, same-sex marriage and just about everything they propose. They use rare cases to try to throw out our policies which are generally remarkably effective and successful for the vast majority of people.