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It is the logical inference. He takes the position that a woman forcibly raped won’t conceive because of the extreme stress. Therefore, if a woman conceives after an alleged rape it must not have been all that stressful for her - ie. she must have enjoyed it.

So you don't understand the difference between something that's "rare" and something that "won't" happen? Because it's a huge, monumental difference. Since he said it's "rare," there is absolutely no room to assume based on what he said that a woman who got pregnant from rape is lying. It's your own fault if you erroneously assume that when someone tells you about a rare event, you don't believe it actually happened just because it's rare. Rare events occur. That's why they're called "rare" as opposed to non-existent. Even some women's health-type centers point to pregnancy as occurring in 5% of rapes (not sure if they included consensual statutory rape in that or not). You can debate whether 5% is "rare" or not, but it is universally agreed that the vast majority of rapes don't result in pregnancy. So let's stop this shallow, wrong analysis based on a misunderstanding of the definition of words.

“So let’s stop this shallow, wrong analysis based on a misunderstanding of the definition of words.”

Ok, how do you tie the words “illegitimate” and “forcible” as having the same meaning without also inferring that there are a lot of women out there who are claiming rape falsely to justify an abortion.

Not don’t take me to the woodshed on that precept, because as a n absolute statement, I admit women hold an awful lot of leverage when they invoke the word rape.

My point is this is a political campaign that will result in over half the electorate being women.

Want to get into a extremely heated discussion just make that statement about illegitimate rape to a group of women, and see how popular you are received.

His statements showed him to be an insensitive and totally uninformed person, who felt he had the right to express his views on rape , in an official manner (candidate for US Senate), as a male, lecturing women on a subject,(rape) which they hold as a subject that men don’t truly understand or sympathize with.