What exactly is "legitimate rape" ?

[delphipsmith]

Once again a Republican puts his foot in his mouth (or his head up his ass) when talking about women's health issues. In this case, it's Todd Akin making a colossally insensitive and biologically ignorant statement about rape and pregnancy. He is apparently fine with abortion being illegal even in cases of rape because...wait for it..."If it's a

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[nursedarry]

I'm speechless...a pity those fuckers weren't.

BTW, are you on Twitter? I need to find you if you are. I live there:)

[delphipsmith]

I know, it's just...i haz no words. No, I don't tweet. My electronic world is already too much of a time-suck, I can't get into something that's like a constant chatroom LOL! I do occasionally search for a certain hashtag, and I looked at yours while you were out having that lovely scar added ;)

[nursedarry]

Probably just as well, I've been a little silly over there lately. I blame Sebastian Coe.

[delphipsmith]

He's a baron, isn't he a little above your pay grade LOL?! I thought the English were great respecters of class, don't you know ;)

[rivertempest]

I heard about this on the news while getting ready for work this morning, and my 'what the fuck' meter went through the roof.

Seriously, what is considered 'legitimate rape' or 'friendly rape'. o_O

Rape is rape. Period.

Is it just me, or does their ignorance grow by leaps and bounds with every speech/ad?

[delphipsmith]

No, alas, it's not just you. I believe "legitimate rape" is another way of saying "forcible rape" -- Ryan and Aikin teamed up to propose a forcible rape bill last year. It's a pile of crap which is intended solely to restrict access to abortion.

I can only hope that women keep all this in mind when they're standing in the voting booth in November...

[squibstress]

Unbefreakinlievable. Actually, scratch that. Sadly, it's all too believable.

I actually don't a problem with Ryan's stance from the standpoint of consistency (although I disagree with him vehemently on abortion overall.) If one truly believes that a human life, with all its rights (and that the rights of a group of cells supersede the rights of the woman carrying it), begins at conception, it's logical to forbid abortion regardless of the level of agency exercised by the woman conceiving. What drives me nuts are the jokers who want to outlaw abortion based on the idea that "life begins at conception" but make an exception for rape or incest. Because those jokers are clearly not really interested in when life begins, but in punishing women. A woman who conceives through consensual sex "deserves" to suffer an unwanted pregnancy, while a woman who is raped... well, it's not her fault, so she shouldn't be punished.

All of it is just so depressing.

[delphipsmith]

Quite true, and well said. Unfortunately, consistency in applying a principle isn't praiseworthy when the principle is faulty in the first place...

[ladyoneill]

Oh yeah, this is all over the news here since he's from Missouri. At least it's not a Kansan making a jackass of himself for once.

I'm even tempted to give money to Claire McCaskell who's the incumbant in that race even though I'm not in Missouri (thank god).

[delphipsmith]

Well, isn't that nice to have the neighbors providing a sanity scandal for a change?

[shiv5468]

Legitimate rape is one that doesn't make you pregnant, so if you get pregnant you weren't raped, so you can't have an abortion.

Simples.

[delphipsmith]

Silly medical professionals! How could they have been mistaken for so many years about such a simple thing??

[shiv5468]

It must be a socialist conspiracy. What can you expect of people who insist on facts to base a decision on as opposed to the heavily edited and composited revealed word of the Lord as cobbled together by the Nicene Council with various errors in translation.

I mean really,