“Let me just say this first. I’m pro-life. But Akin’s remarks were beyond asinine and insulting, especially to the thousands of women who get pregnant from rapes each year.”
Thank you for your post. Sorry to hear about what your friend is going through. I am shocked by the people who are defending these comments that even Akin has acknowledged were wrong. How are people missing how these comments re-victimize victims? These women who gave birth to their babies under trying circumstances should be lauded for their sacrifice and respect for life, instead of being made to feel small or somehow complicit. I really respect your friend and the decision she made to give that baby life.
I don’t see how Akin’s comments re-victimize anybody. When did Akin ever say that a woman can only get pregnant if she wants it? He was commenting about there being some natural protections for raped women because of the body’s fight-or-flight chemicals. How does that turn into “A woman can only get pregnant if she wants it?”
From what I can see, Akin would agree with everything you just said, and so would everybody on this thread, probably. So what are we fighting about?
We’re fighting because there are grievance pimps who are claiming that Akin says that if a woman gets pregnant after rape it must be because she’s either lying about the rape or wanted to get pregnant anyway. He didn’t say either, and the grievance pimps are effectively playing us for fools.