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A 1988 textbook, the second edition of “Human Sex and Sexuality” by Edwin B. Steen and James H. Price, estimates a 2 percent pregnancy rate. A 2012 textbook, “Comprehensive Gynecology,” 6th edition, gives an estimate of between 2 percent and 5 percent and states that “in the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.” Estimates depend on flawed methods, with inevitable biases. An experiment to give an accurate figure is, of course, impossible.

Please read the last line of that quote. "An experiment to give an accurate figure is, of course, impossible." So how exactly is it that WND can title this piece with the words "Akin not far off base.."? For crying out loud if you can't verify those numbers you cannot make the statement that a woman who endures forcible rape isn't likely to get pregnant. There are so many factors involved in the occurence or non-occurence of a pregnancy, that I would guess that the issue of "forcibility" (or legitimacy as Akin would put it) is not very high on the list.

Those politicians and commentators who are calling for Akin’s head have signaled where their priorities lie.

Hogwash. Perhaps for politicians and commentators on the left that might be true. For those on the right, it is not about preserving the rape or incest exception, is about removing a pro-choice Senator McCaskill, and ensuring a pro-life majority in the Senate.

I have said this before. Thanks to the media, Akin will go down in history as the guy who tried to argue that there is such a thing as legitimate rape. Whether you think that is true or not, it pales in comparison to the reality that by refusing to withdraw and give up the nomination to someone like Sarah Steelman, he may have just facilitated the rape of the Republic.

Re: I have said this before. Thanks to the media, Akin will go down in history as the guy who tried to argue that there is such a thing as legitimate rape. Whether you think that is true or not, it pales in comparison to the reality that by refusing to withdraw and give up the nomination to someone like Sarah Steelman, he may have just facilitated the rape of the Republic.

Yep, if we just had the media on our side. Maybe soon, they’ll see the light and take our side. </sarc>

The real point of this ‘incident’ with Akin is that the public must be kept believing that all rape results in pregnancy.

Therefore, tax-payer funded abortions must be continued. (Which is the goal of the organized crime figures who own the (un)Planned (non)Parenthood clinics)

It’s only that ‘foot in the door’ that keeps the money flowing.

If we compare the abortions (based on ‘legitimate’ rape cases) to those where the female just didn’t ‘want’ the baby, what do you think we would find ?

THAT is why Akin was ‘Quayled’, and that is why the MSM won’t print the facts.

It’s not really about the politicians, it’s about THE MONEY.