Excuse me? Nobody said he was correct, but then nobody but you and yours are trying to have him professionally executed for offending feminazi sensibilities.....
Nobody knows the potential for pregnancy from rape better than me, (my brother, being conceived that way) and you don't see me screeching like bridezilla with PMS.
At least he was expending some kind of effort against making rape an automatic death sentence for babies, which is more than I can say for you!
When the subject of abortion of children conceived of rape comes up one can CORRECTLY point out that less than 1% of abortions are reportedly from rape, one can CORRECTLY point out that children are not usually punished for the crimes of their father in civilized nations - OR one can pretend that such people don't or shouldn't exist if the rape was “legitimate”.
Akin the combover idiot decided on pretending that such people (thousands every year in America) do not or should not exist if the rape was “legitimate”.
Is Palin a “feminazi”? She was offended as well and opined that Akin should withdraw from the race.
You said...
“He didn't “invent” a biological mechanism, he extrapolated from one. And it's one that is NOT without merit.”
Please explain the merits of his argument (the one he apologized for and even he was smart enough to figure out was indefensible and wrong) - what biological mechanism allows women to try to “shut the whole thing down”. What research do you have to show the merits of this argument?
As Akin would have it, perhaps the rape you are speaking of in your past was not “legitimate”.