What the hell does this mean?
I'll tell you what I think he means:
There is physiological evidence that traumatic rape (which is what Akin meant when he said "legitimate rape") causes a woman's reproductive hormonal system to be suppressed.
Because of the hormonal disruption, a victim of a real rape is unlikely to ovulate. Ergo, no child will be conceived.
If a rape victim has just ovulated a day or two before a rape, it is possible that conception will take place. However I believe it is this is, in fact, very rare.
Complicating this whole scenario of course is the problem that a lot of claimed "rapes" aren't really traumatic rapes. I think the common concept of a traumatic rape is when a woman is violently attacked by a stranger and forced to have intercourse.
But let's be real, we all know that some women will cry "rape" when they merely regret having drunk too much alcohol and consented to the sex (and I'm a woman, so I'm allowed to say that -- I guess Rep Akin isn't).
The point is any politician stupid enough to use “legitimate” and “rape” together doesn’t deserve to be elected, no matter what party they are from. And trying to suggest that a woman’s body magically rejects a child conceived of rape, is even dumber.
He has to go. Bottom line.
Only if you call 5% conception rate, which sounds not that different from consensual sex, rare. Face it, Akin stepped in it with that part of his statement, and made a medically ridiculous claim.
> Because of the hormonal disruption, a victim of a real rape is unlikely to ovulate. Ergo, no child will be conceived.
> If a rape victim has just ovulated a day or two before a rape, it is possible that conception will take place. However I believe it is this is, in fact, very rare.
Got some actual facts om your side, or are you just winging it?
You could “believe” invisible purple storks prevent “legitimate rape” pregnancy, but that wouldn’t make it true.
Honestly, people.
And a politician that doesn’t have a solid and defensible message about this hot button issue has no business being in politics. Never give the MSM the bullet to shoot you with.
No...Akin didn't say this. "Rape as a result of sex by force?" This makes no sense. Rape is sex by force, and the writer and editor of the article have attributed a sentiment to him that he doesn't espouse. He did speak about pregnancy as a result of sex by force, but not "rape" as a result of sex by force, since rape is sex by force. It looks like just about anyone can misspeak, or mis-write, or mis-edit.
Akin still needs to go. NOW, please!