The point that you’re missing is that IT happens, tens of thousands of times per year according to the CDC. Studies have previously shown that women have about a 5% chance of ending up pregnant after being raped. Considering how many women are raped in a year, that’s a heck of a lot of pregnancies that Akin basically stated don’t exist or the women lied about.
Another idiot for the media to paint as the stereotypical old white Republican guy that is clueless about a lady’s “magic parts.”
Well said... I’m shocked at the threads here actually trying to defend this idiot. Not only has he lost this seat in MO. but he has, again, moved the focus to the “War on Women” and forced Romney to comment on this... Which then picks the scab between Romney and the far right. This is a DISASTER no matter how anyone tries to spin it. He should be literally kicked out of the party.
The study does not define rape.
Do you see a difference between these types: violent rape, statuatory rape, spousal rape, date rape, unreported rape, etc.?
Now, does it matter how much of the 5% fell under each category.
My point is simply that without a tight definition of rape, then it becomes merely a loophole.
The same with the “health of the mother” exception. Cold, flu, psychological distress, emotional distress, hanging fingernal, and tiny booboo are all “health”.
And is a 15th cousin 5 times removed incest? And if it isn’t what law says it isn’t?
Forgive me for doubting here. But my wife and I have been married more than 28 years. If you give us the national average of having sex twice a week, that's about 3,000 times.
If you count our first several years of marriage, it was a lot closer to twice a day than twice a week. But I digress.
Furthermore, we've discovered years ago that our favorite position for intercourse is her on her back, legs spread wide, buttocks elevated with a pillow/rolled towel or two and me penetrating deeply from the top with gentle but repeated thrusting. Not only totally ecstatic and completely wonderful for you younger kids who haven't tried it, but the most efficient way to get pregnant, according to my cousin, an internationally known OBGYN.
So, by your calculations, Mrs. Vigilanteman should have gotten pregnant a minimum of 150 times with all of our unstressed, relaxing, consensual intercourse, most of it in the position we find most enjoyable and is most efficient for getting pregnant. The actual number is three or 0.1%. I suspect most married couples would report similar results.
Do we really want to start a thread checking your math?