You wrote that “there’s tens of thousands of women annually in the US who get pregnant as a result of rape.”
That doesn’t seem true.
While there are tens of thousands of completed rapes per year, the number of pregnancies that result from forcible rape are less than 1,000 per year, according to this site: http://www.physiciansforlife.org/content/view/492/26/
If you disagree with their calculations, please explain why.
Because other studies place the total much higher: NIH. And they have calculations, too. The correct total is no doubt somewhere between the two figures.
That doesn't change the fact that Akins' premise is idiotic and his statements are insulting. And his real point - that any abortion is wrong and we should not compound the tragedy of rape with the taking of another human life - was lost in his inept delivery.
This is not the first time Akin has screwed up and delivered custom made soundbites to the McCaskill campaign, and it won't be the last. This one just generated the most headlines.
Because their 'calculations' include items like this:
"What further percentage reduction in pregnancy will this cause? No one knows."
Unproven assumptions --> Unreliable 'calculations.'