Todd Akin reaffirms decision to stay in the Senate race

Wapost ^ | 8/21/12 | Nia-Malika Henderson

[Uncle Slayton]

Rep. Todd Akin, the embattled Senate candidate who used the phrase “legitimate rape” in talking about abortion and pregnancy, said Tuesday afternoon that he would stick to his decision to remain in the race.

[Blackyce]

“Great to see the Rep. Akin will not succumb to the whims of the Yellow Bellied RINO’s who what the destroy a man who has worked his entire life for the Pro Life Movement and Conservatism.”

It’s not about Todd Akin, it’s about conservative policy. He’s not going to be “destroyed” just because he doesn’t get to live in DC on the federal dime anymore. He can go out and get a real job for a while.

[Emperor Palpatine]

People who stay home just because the candidate isn’t “pure” enough hate and damage America as much as Zero for they guarantee his re-election.

[PhxTM06]

Once again, not understanding the article, also there is no proof that rape would prevent pregnancy from occurring, as many doctors are now reiterating. "Physicians and rape experts say there’s no way the trauma of rape would prevent pregnancy from occurring. “If a woman’s ovaries have already released an egg, she’s just as likely to get pregnant from a rape as she would be from a voluntary encounter,” Dr. Barbara Levy, vice president for health policy at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. . “From the biological standpoint, a woman is at risk for pregnancy if she’s at a vulnerable point in her menstrual cycle when the rape occurs.”" "Gail Abarbanel, founder and director of the Rape Treatment Center at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, was appalled by Akin’s remarks. “I think his statement shows such a profound lack of knowledge about rape, the law, and the biology of women’s bodies,” Abarbanel said. “One of the most devastating consequences of rape is getting pregnant. To make the victim responsible for it is outrageous and offensive.” Dr. Amy Rosenman, an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA. “It’s unbelievable. Stuff like that is from the dark ages...there is no physiologic method that prevents pregnancy in the case of rape. If there is an egg available and there are sperm available and they meet, then pregnancy occurs. The ovary and the ovum cannot differentiate sperm from friend or foe.” In fact, each year 32,000 pregnancies result from rape, according to an article published in 1996 in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

[Longbow1969]

Now, the problem with his statement isn't over the accuracy of it, but the use of 'legitimate' with the word 'rape'.

Are you and others saying this stuff seriously nuts? Even Akin has disowned his comments. As best I can tell, Akin himself is no longer claiming women's bodies have the magical ability to prevent rape pregnancy. Armies have used rape as a weapon and have throughout the history of warfare and occupation. A completely obvious recent example is all the German women raped by a conquering Red Army. There were thousands and thousands of unwanted pregnancies - many resulted in the suicide of the mother and obvious resulting death of the fetus.

[tegan48]

Unfortunately the rest of us are going to be chained to Obamacare because of him.

I thought we had a great chance of getting the White House, the House and the Senate. It may all be lost now, just because of one buffoon and his lack of brains.

[PhxTM06]

The thing you’re missing is the assumption that a woman is ALREADY OVULATING. Stress can wreak havoc on a woman’s fertility, why some women suffer delayed period’s for example, but if a woman is ovulating, and she is raped, once the rapist ejaculates, if sperm meets egg, you’ve got pregnancy, regardless of the “stress” involved.

[philman_36]

Your refutation of the science is a cheesy image?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Got it and duly noted!

[Emperor Palpatine]

If Huckabee supports him it just means one evangelical charlatan likes another one.

And Elmer Gantry Huckagrifter is as smarmy as they come....even Lancaster’s ghost is jealous of how well Gomer plays it.

[macdougal]

Why doesn’t the Tea Party support a candidate, and they along with the Republican Party give money to this new candidate?

[TomasUSMC]

He was scientifically right on trauma shutting down ovulation. What are we saying here. If its rape as nebulously defined by a feminazi then we can kill the child? Give me a break.Why so many republicans run from a fight makes me wonder if we can win.

EXACTLY

WE WON’T FIGHT FOR 1000 INNOCENT UNBORN BABIES BECAUSE???? oh well lets see, the senate oh yeah. Like we are going to get a filibuster proof Senate. I would much rather lose the senate than win it and join the democrats in keeping silent about the murder of 1000 babies a day.

[pepsionice]

If you ask me...this was all an arranged interview, with the stupid question known ahead of time, and this guy was trained to perform exactly like the opposition wanted. I don’t think you could ask for a better scenario.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Why diss Akin?

BECAUSE WE WANT TO WIN.

That’s all that matters....winning.

That’s not likely now.

Not unless the manager sends to the bullpen for reliever. Your starter just got shelled in the top of the first.

[PhxTM06]

I've posted more actual proof than anyone else has. I've posted actual legitimate studies, statements from doctors and more. If you want further verification, call up an OB-GYN in your area and ask them if it's true that a woman can't get pregnant as the result of a rape. If he doesn't immediately start dialing the police on you, the laughter from the other end will hurt your eardrums. "There are no words for this — it is just nuts," said Dr. Michael Greene, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School. ,/b> Dr. David Grimes, a clinical professor in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina, said that "to suggest that there's some biological reason why women couldn't get pregnant during a rape is absurd."

[TomasUSMC]

Apparently Akin has more Courage and Honor than the entire GOP. Fight On Akin Fight On.

[Emperor Palpatine]

This election is about jobs and the economy.

NOT ABORTION.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

Kirby showed that acutely stressed rats showed increased RFRP levels for several hours, but that levels returned to normal by the next day. [...] "It's very adaptive to not be wasting resources on reproduction during times of acute stress, to just shut down reproduction for 24 hours or so until the stress is gone," said co-author Daniela Kaufer

The victim may already have ovulated - or may ovulate later and still have in her body the rapist's sperm, which can live for several days. Scant protection there.

[spacejunkie2001]

You’re a cheesy little spinmeister who likes to post info from libs. NO ONE, including Akin, said that women can’t get pregnant during rape; he said RARE and I agree.

[Uncle Chip]

Another guy who doesn’t comprehend what the article states.

You must be referring to yourself.

Article talks about chronic, long term stress having a negative impact on reproduction

Did you not understand the word "acutely"???

The article deals with chronic and acute stress.

And stress due to rape is acute stress, isn't it?

Read it again:

"In humans, chronic stress can lead to a drop in sex drive as well as a drop in fertility. [...] Kirby showed that acutely stressed rats showed increased RFRP levels for several hours, but that levels returned to normal by the next day. Chronically stressed rats, however, were left with longer-term elevations of RFRP levels in the dorsomedial hypothalamus area of the brain, and suppression of activity in the reproductive axis - the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal hormone cascade"

"It's very adaptive to not be wasting resources on reproduction during times of acute stress, to just shut down reproduction for 24 hours or so until the stress is gone," said co-author Daniela Kaufer, a UC Berkeley assistant professor of integrative biology who looks at how stress affects molecular processes in the brain."

Fool runs with it, claiming it is not relevant to acute stress from rape. Other fools join in and act like...well fools.

They sure do.

[PhxTM06]

Oh...and http://news.discovery.com/human/akin-pregnancy-rape-120820.html "In the study, Holmes and her colleagues, followed more than 4,000 American adults over a three-year period. Nationally, they found rape-related pregnancy rate was 5 percent among women of reproductive age, 12 to 45, meaning about 32,000 pregnancies result from rape each year, they concluded. At the end of the day, Holmes said of Akin's comments, "It's just simple lack of education into the human body," adding that "the reproductive system is going to respond in the same way whether it's rape, or you're madly in love with someone. It's tubes and pipes and sperm and eggs, and there's nothing that will stop that process."

[Jedidah]

What do you mean? Vote for Claire McCaskill??

This jerk has possibly just cost the GOP the Senate and any hope of repealing Obamacare.