I don’t think so.
Defending a non exemption isn’t difficult to articulate or present, folks may not agree, but its simple.
Its bascially the sins of the father should not be put upon the son. The rapist himself would not face the death penalty, why should the innocent child??
That’s simple, concise and easy enough to understand even if you disagree with it. Its not inflamatory or extreme. The press can’t make a mountain out of it, certainly pro abortion folks will try to make it seem extreme, but it isn’t and that attempt will fail with the middle american voter. It might rile up the abortion rights folks, but it won’t turn the typical voter away.
Akin, made a verbal gaffe, by using the term “legitimate rape” which does evoke a gut instinctive repulsive response, but if that was all he did, he probably could have made it through. His allegation that women who are raped are less likely to become pregnant, now that is where he ensured he’s done. That’s not poor word choosing, thats showing that you believe something that is patently false.
Its just like Obama’s “you didn’t build that, someone else made that happen” that comment is eviceral, its gut instinct repulsive. However its what he said NEXT that made it clear, that wasn’t just a verbal gaffe, but that he TRULY believes that individuals do not create excellence. He can’t play it off as being taken out of context, because the further context shows thats it is EXACTLY what he meant.
I don’t think anyone who does not support an exemption will be roasted, but anyone who doesn’t support it and tries to jsutify it by saying raped women are less likely to get pregnant, is certainly going to be and deservedly so.