Ugh. No, you are speaking out of ignorance. I suspect you haven’t see the actual interview:
http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/
(It’s the third video down the page.)
Here’s the transcript, first the question:
“What about in the case of rape? Should it (abortion) be legal or not?”
Here’s Akin’s reply:
“Well, you know, people always want to try to make that as one of those things, well, how do you slice this particularly tough ethical question. It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. You know, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.”
What he said is 100% correct — some doctors have posited that the psychic trauma of rape inhibits the progress of pregnancy. This was taught in medical schools through the 1970s and later.
And notice his last sentence — the rapist should be punished, not the child.
Please, for the love of God and reputation of FR, make judgments based on the facts, not on the leftwing media narrative.
Your last sentence, by the way, is just hateful nastiness, worthy of DU, not of FR.
The whole concept of legitimate rape as it stands in his mind creates the specter of reasonable doubt. He can’t double back and say punish the rapist if it’s not really rape.