As I noted on another thread:
The statistics show that there is a statistically significant decrease in the chance of pregnancies following forcible rape. There is no way to scientifically determine the exact explanation. The fact is that events like this can cause significant hormonal imbalances in women as with any serious traumatic event. This could be the explanation. Another explanation could be prayer. The fact is that there is statistical evidence to show an anomaly. Akin's theory to explain that anomaly is as valid as anyone else's.
I would be willing to bet that nearly every obstetrician and gynecologist would advise their patients to avoid stressful situations and traumatic events while pregnant because it has been shown to cause miscarriages.
Additionally I would bet that most physicians who are counseling their female patients who want to get pregnant would strongly advise their patients to avoid the same type of stressful situations and traumatic events during those periods in which they are trying to conceive.
If, in fact, traumatic events can trigger miscarriages or otherwise interfere with the ability to conceive, which has been the standard medical opinion since the dawn of modern medicine, then Akin’s opinion on the issue is more valid than all of these uneducated Freepers who insist their is absolutely no causal correlation.
The statistics speak for themselves. The explanation is the elusive issue. Akin spoke in politically incorrect terms. He spoke it in an awkward way. But if there were no truth to his statement, then physicians would not be advising pregnant women to avoid traumatic and stressful events and would not be advising couples who are trying to conceive to avoid stressful lifestyles and events. Stress causes changes to everyone's bodies. To deny that fact is to deny the whole of biological science.
I, for one (and I appear to be one of only a handful of Freepers) am not willing to throw a man who has been fighting for decades for conservative causes and principles under the bus because he can't adequately explain a statistical anomaly that nobody else can. There have been scientific postulations as to the cause, but there is simply no scientific method to prove or disprove it.
Akins is a dedicated lifelong conservative. He has stood against the Washington establishment for decades as a beacon of truth and conservative principles. We as conservatives owe it to him to stand by him as he has stood by us.