This is the exact sort of ignorance that Akin was preaching. There’s no magic “chemical reaction”, if a woman is ovulating and she gets raped, if the rapist ejaculates inside her and the sperm reaches the egg, boom, you have pregnancy just as you would at any other time.
Nothing ultra-mysterious or complicated about it.
Wrong. Stress alone can terminate a pregnancy. The woman's body is a hormonal engine with an emotional "electronic ignition". Emotions alone can affect all sorts of chemical changes in a woman's body. Life is very delicate...
Take a look at this article. What Akin said isn’t unheard of. Do those who detract from Dr. Wilke really sound like they’ve really looked into the matter? They sound like they are just dismissing it out of hand, like most GOP Media outlets. Rush Limbaugh even thinks he is a sociologist and opines that the reason Akin said what he said is because to talks to a lot of like minded people. In other words, he doesn’t get out much.
No, you have fertilization/conception. Pregnancy occurs upon implantation of the fertilized egg in the uterus wall. Usually several days after fertilization.
Right. Anyone who actually believes this should not be in the Senate or anywhere else in government. While I am 100% Pro-Live, Akin is a reminder that there are some ignorant people in the Pro-Life movement who give it a bad name. Pro Lifers should not be supporting this fool, they should be angry that he is playing right into the Dems hands with these incredibly stupid statements.