[Uncle Chip]

<>Other people are disagreeing with what Akin said because they’re not stupid, and its been pointed out ad nauseum just how wrong he was. He made about as dumb a statement as he possibly could have when he stated that “women’s bodies can shut the whole thing down” in reference to pregnancy as if rapist’s sperm is any different from regular sperm.<>

Yeh — a lot of people making that mistake these days including the science and health writer here:

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-08/rape-results-more-pregnancies-not-less

[Windy City Conservative]

Wait a minute. Here’s one quote from the Popsci writer:

“Rapists subsconsciously target victims based on their likelihood of conception.”

And yet Akin is the one who is nuts?

[PhxTM06]

And how exactly is she wrong?

[DManA]

Let’s put our cards on the table.

If a woman is raped can she get pregnant?