[Republican Wildcat]

And what does that do to change what he said afterward about the female body shutting down the potential to get pregnant?

Quit trying to confuse the whole issue.

[Carl Vehse]

Republican Wildcat @72: "And what does that do to change what he said afterward about the female body shutting down the potential to get pregnant?"

Well, Akin didn't say that. Akin actually claimed "...the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." This was based on what he "understood from doctors." And Akin didn't claim raped women can't get pregnant. He admitted in the very next sentence they could get pregnant.

So what is the foaming-at-the-mouth rage over Akin all about? Is it that women get pregnant every time they're raped? Half the time? Less than half the time? But Akin never said it was zero.