Seems to me like Akin was trying to fit medical explanation into a soundbite. Not the best statement, but some are stretching it majorly.
8 People Who Think Todd Akin Had A Point About Biology, Rape
Reporter, radio host, and others stand behind Rep. Todd Akin’s views on women being less likely to get pregnant through rape.
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Are people really claiming that a woman's body can't reject a pregnancy in cases of emotional or physical trauma? #wow #Biology101
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I'm sticking by Akin! #IStandWithAkin #tcot #MOSen
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#IStandWithAkin - Only in Obama's America would liberals attack FREEDOM OF SPEECH so much. First @ChickfilA now Akin.. #smh
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Todd Akin is right: physical trauma of forcible rape can interfere w/ hormonal production, conception. christianliferesources.com/article/rape-p…
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@MichelleMalkin Women who are raped are about 40% less likely to get pregnant than their peers who had unprotected, consensual sex.
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Poor phrasing, but if you watch the intv @ToddAkin meant to convey that there's less chance of getting pregnant if raped.
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Akin mixed up his words. He meant a womans body can reject a pregnancy due to a traumatic physical rape causing extreme bodily harm.
UPDATE: An earlier version of this item included one person whose tweet was not intended to convey agreement.
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Gabi 8 months agoNo MAN should EVER feel they have the right to pass judgement or laws etc. on any woman who is raped! They are already victims of rape and this dumbass Akin guy just had to open his effing ignorant mouth and put his 2 cents in! Politicians need to really watch what they say!
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Richard Parker 9 months agoThese are the kind of people who end every statement with a question mark.
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LunarMediaBroadcast 9 months agoThere’s a couple people right here in the “facebook conversations” section that would be pretty eligible replacements for the missing ninth person… just saying.
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josephzhishengy 9 months agoEven if women don’t get pregnant as often from rape as they do consensual sex how does that justify closing abortion centers? If only 1% of women raped get pregnant, that is still a huge number.
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feistychick 9 months ago8 is too many. I’m sure there are thousands of people in this country who think this way though, and that’s why I’m not a huge lover of this country. It’s alright, but we have a lot of fucking problems.
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Benjamin Sapiens 9 months agoAnd Michael David Smith been removed from the list. Thanks for correcting that, Rebecca. On a somewhat related note, I’m sort of impressed by the fact that so many conservatives are willing to admit that this guy was wrong. Ok, really, they’re just throwing him under the bus because they’ve realized that his position really was completely indefensible, but even so, doing the right thing for cynically practical reasons is a little better, and certainly a lot less destructive, than the alternative.
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SteelRenegade 9 months agoSomething wrong with your country America when you have the Akin’s, the Bachmann’s, the Apiro’s, the Trumps etc.. who come out and say the most craziest things.. that we overseas are wondering WTF? is wrong with those people?! The effects of 9/11 and an elected bi-racial Black President has really fucked up the mental state of some people there, if not worsened it. Very sad to see your country go into a decline like that.. Killing you softly..
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Benjamin Sapiens 9 months ago
https://twitter.com/MichaelDavSmith![[link]](http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/images/public/icons/external-link2.png)
Good news: the sportswriter was mocking the stupidity of his high school biology teacher, not agreeing with Akin. On a related note, he ought to be taken off this list, Rebecca. (Not your fault for including him in the first place, though. That’s just Poe’s law.)
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