In what witch-doctor world?
I guess you didn't read the articles posted here on Free Republic at the time.
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:[23]“ In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low. ”
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.[24]
Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress—which rape would induce—interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:[25]
“ stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy. ”
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:[26]
“ In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Todd_Akin
Articles posted at the time indicated that Akins got his perspective from a Pro-Life medical Doctor who had spoken with him on the issue and who had informed him of this ability of women to block pregnancy in cases of actual rape, and he was simply repeating what this Doctor had told him. It was politically tone deaf because most people are not aware of this phenomena.
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