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linkOct 03, 2012 12:06 pm
In a 2008 Speech, Todd Akin Said Doctors Give Abortions to Women 'Who Are Not Actually Pregnant'
“You find that along with the culture of death go all kinds of other law-breaking: Not following good sanitary procedure, giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant, cheating on taxes, all these kinds of things.”
“All of these things are common practice,” Akin continued, “but all of that information is available for America.”
Just think about that for a second. “Abortions to women who are not actually pregnant.” Absolutely mindboggling.
He also compared abortion to slavery.
“There will be a day - just as there is today, where people say, ‘Who would ever support slavery?’” Akin said. “In the future, there will be a day when men will say, ‘Who would have ever supported something so un-American as abortion?”
This jackass is on the House Committee for Science, Space, and Technology.
That’s not how… anything works.
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In working on my book, I went to Rwanda in 2004 to interview women who had borne children of rape conceived during the genocide. …At the end of my final interview, I asked the woman I was interviewing whether she had any questions. She paused shyly for a moment. “Well,” she said, a little hesitantly. “You work in this field of psychology.” I nodded. She took a deep breath. “Can you tell me how to love my daughter more?” she asked. “I want to love her so much, and I try my best, but when I look at her I see what happened to me and it interferes.” A tear rolled down her cheek, but her tone turned almost fierce, challenging. “Can you tell me how to love my daughter more?” she repeated.
Perhaps Todd Akin has an answer for her.
"“The Legitimate Children of Rape” - Andrew Solomon on the historical relationship between rape and pregnancy: http://nyr.kr/RsAKyQ (via newyorker) -
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photoAug 20, 2012 5:30 pm
Todd Akin can’t figure out what an actual apology should look like. Luckily, we’re here to help.
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