Thank you.
His comment also implied that if a woman did get pregnant, then she wasn’t “legitimately raped” ... because if she had been conception either 1. wouldn’t have occured or 2) a miscarriage would take place.
This is hugely OFFENSIVE to women who have been raped, gotten pregnant as a result and who DID NOT ABORT but instead choose to keep the child or put the child up for adoption. He is dissing pro-Life victims of rape as well.
That is not what he said or even implied. Have you listened to the actual audio? I have found that many people drawing conclusions in this situation are basing those conclusions on someone else's description of the comments.
>>His comment also implied that if a woman did get pregnant, then she wasn’t “legitimately raped” ... because if she had been conception either 1. wouldn’t have occured or 2) a miscarriage would take place.
Exactly, He basically, insulted every women.
Yes, that’s the implication I got when I first heard the quote. It was just skin-crawlingly ghastly. And I’m certainly pro-life and every bit a social conservative. Akin has a terrific voting record and is undoubtedly an extremely decent man, but when your communication/messaging skills are so horrid as to not only undermine your cause, but leave almost everyone viscerally recoiling... that’s a pretty darned deadly flaw. More than just a minor gaffe or slip-of-the-tongue.
Can’t imagine him ever coming close to winning now that he’s managed to define himself as the “creepy GOP Rape Guy.”
That was what I found particularly vile. It reminded me of some backwoods snake handler types (though in fairness they didn’t handle snakes) we lived near in East Texas. If you got sick, and God didn’t send healing, then it was your fault because your faith was weak.