Rep. Todd Akin: No pregnancy from 'legitimate rape'

ComeToTX

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la ... 7581.story

It's astonishing to me that someone this brain dead and offensive could be elected. He might be the new king of the GOP morons.

Prince Of Dorkness

The bizarre biological magic aside, what does he mean by "legitimate rape?"

Does me mean that most women who claim to have been raped... secretly wanted it?

dimitrispearljam

unreal....

ComeToTX

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

The bizarre biological magic aside, what does he mean by "legitimate rape?"

Does me mean that most women who claim to have been raped... secretly wanted it?

That's what I thought. How do women vote for these fuckers?

norm

yeah i've been trying to figure out what 'legitimate rape' is


honestly, this is like something from the onion

ComeToTX

And he sits on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Wtf? He obviously has no goddamn clue what science is.

Prince Of Dorkness

BTW... I made a thread about this guy recently...

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=194071

He sure does seem to put his total ignorance of reproductive issues on display... often.

You'd think he'd crack a book open on the subject.

comebackgirl

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

The bizarre biological magic aside, what does he mean by "legitimate rape?"

Does me mean that most women who claim to have been raped... secretly wanted it?

Good question. My guess is that he believes that the only "legitimate" rape is when a woman is attacked and raped by a stranger in an alley by gunpoint. All those rapes that occur to children and adults by someone they know probably really don't count. :roll: Makes me wonder why he needs to try to delegitimize the majority of rapes. Thanks for setting victims' rights back by about 40 years :thumbup:

And that's some fancy science he's using there. All that happens when the survival instinct kicks in is that our stress hormones flare up (cortisol and adrenaline). People with anxiety disorders have high level of these hormones in their system all the time...and they get pregnant. Who knew that anxiety is such an effective form of birth control? :roll:

Asshat.

gimmesometruth27

speaking as a missourian, this guy has been around for awhile. he is running against claire mccaskill for her senate seat. akin has been running scathing attack ads here (paid for by PACS) trying to equate her with obama and it has been working for him. he is basically running on his christianity and his staunch pro life beliefs and that he is NOT mccaskill or obama. it would not surprise me if he wins because polls show that brain dead stupid missouri voters eat that shit up...

i hope to god that claire uses this against him. she has tried to stay honorable up to this point, but with the super pacs going negative on her already she has to get dirty this time.

everyone posting seems amazed that this guy wins elections. i am not, because a lot of missouri voters are single issue voters, and that single issue is abortion.

Halifax2TheMax

dimitrispearljam wrote:

unreal....

Aren't you glad you don't live in Missouri, USA? I sure as hell am!

And if Akin wins, can we partition Missouri? Maybe they'd like to join Texas and secede? Talk about going Taliban? Jeesh.

Peace.

klusterfuk

it is a shame so many people in this country are one issue voters. pro-life no matter what. shoving their holier than thou bullshit down every bodies throats because they think their beliefs should be the way of the land. I cant believe all the idiots that vote those clowns into office.

gimmesometruth27

Halifax2TheMax wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

unreal....

Aren't you glad you don't live in Missouri, USA? I sure as hell am!

And if Akin wins, can we partition Missouri? Maybe they'd like to join Texas and secede? Talk about going Taliban? Jeesh.

Peace.

hey, don't lump good progressives like me in with texas...

i live 20 miles from illinois...i guess i could go there :idea:

Zoso

I just posted this link on a new thread without seeing this.. I'm always surprised with the level of idiocy and uneducated views and 'facts' put forward by even our most powerful people in society.. it's scary that he has no idea. I like my congressmen, senators, primes ministers and presidents a little more educated then this guy..

Zoso

comebackgirl wrote:

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

The bizarre biological magic aside, what does he mean by "legitimate rape?"

Does me mean that most women who claim to have been raped... secretly wanted it?

Good question. My guess is that he believes that the only "legitimate" rape is when a woman is attacked and raped by a stranger in an alley by gunpoint. All those rapes that occur to children and adults by someone they know probably really don't count. :roll: Makes me wonder why he needs to try to delegitimize the majority of rapes. Thanks for setting victims' rights back by about 40 years :thumbup:

And that's some fancy science he's using there. All that happens when the survival instinct kicks in is that our stress hormones flare up (cortisol and adrenaline). People with anxiety disorders have high level of these hormones in their system all the time...and they get pregnant. Who knew that anxiety is such an effective form of birth control? :roll:

Asshat.

I tend to find the right wingers use a shit load of fancy science.. they use it with social issues, climate change issues and other scientific and medical facts.

where do these people go to school?

prism

comebackgirl wrote:

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

The bizarre biological magic aside, what does he mean by "legitimate rape?"

Does me mean that most women who claim to have been raped... secretly wanted it?

Good question. My guess is that he believes that the only "legitimate" rape is when a woman is attacked and raped by a stranger in an alley by gunpoint. All those rapes that occur to children and adults by someone they know probably really don't count. :roll: Makes me wonder why he needs to try to delegitimize the majority of rapes. Thanks for setting victims' rights back by about 40 years :thumbup:

And that's some fancy science he's using there. All that happens when the survival instinct kicks in is that our stress hormones flare up (cortisol and adrenaline). People with anxiety disorders have high level of these hormones in their system all the time...and they get pregnant. Who knew that anxiety is such an effective form of birth control? :roll:

Asshat.

agreed.

his stating that is so disrepectful and insulting to rape victims. as well as insulting the intelligence of anyone having the slightest clue how the reproduction system works. he's beyond moronic...there's no excuse for him expounding such total bullshit.

ComeToTX

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

Halifax2TheMax wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

unreal....

Aren't you glad you don't live in Missouri, USA? I sure as hell am!

And if Akin wins, can we partition Missouri? Maybe they'd like to join Texas and secede? Talk about going Taliban? Jeesh.

Peace.

hey, don't lump good progressives like me in with texas...

i live 20 miles from illinois...i guess i could go there :idea:

We're not all bad down here either!

keeponrockin

Todd Akin is a fucking idiot.

comebackgirl

Zoso wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

The bizarre biological magic aside, what does he mean by "legitimate rape?"

Does me mean that most women who claim to have been raped... secretly wanted it?

Good question. My guess is that he believes that the only "legitimate" rape is when a woman is attacked and raped by a stranger in an alley by gunpoint. All those rapes that occur to children and adults by someone they know probably really don't count. :roll: Makes me wonder why he needs to try to delegitimize the majority of rapes. Thanks for setting victims' rights back by about 40 years :thumbup:

And that's some fancy science he's using there. All that happens when the survival instinct kicks in is that our stress hormones flare up (cortisol and adrenaline). People with anxiety disorders have high level of these hormones in their system all the time...and they get pregnant. Who knew that anxiety is such an effective form of birth control? :roll:

Asshat.

I tend to find the right wingers use a shit load of fancy science.. they use it with social issues, climate change issues and other scientific and medical facts.

where do these people go to school?

I love that the source of his research is: "from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare,” :eh: :problem: :wtf: ummmm....ok. way to base your argument on...bullshit :thumbup:

prism wrote:

agreed.

his stating that is so disrepectful and insulting to rape victims. as well as insulting the intelligence of anyone having the slightest clue how the reproduction system works. he's beyond moronic...there's no excuse for him expounding such total bullshit.

It's just infuriating and so devaluing to millions of survivors. He can express his views on abortion without being so offensive. I agree - he is clueless about reproduction. He may be the perfect example of why we need sexual health education in schools.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

can someone really be that stupid?

Prince Of Dorkness

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

can someone really be that stupid?

Luckily very few. Even the Tea Party is backing away from that.

Even the people who bought the existence of "death panels" don't buy the "secret rape fetus self-abortion function" of a "female body." Even the term "female body" makes it sound like it's a specimen you'd find in a lab.

drivingrl

ComeToTX wrote:

We're not all bad down here either!

+1

So, if I'm understanding him correctly - when I am raped, I need to teach my body to react to the rape as a "legitimate rape" and "shut down" rather than depend on a morning after pill to be available?

This guy is clown shoes.

Zoso

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

can someone really be that stupid?

this guy is the definition of stupid.

Who Princess

I used to hear this stupid notion 20-25 years ago (pregnancy as a result of rape is rare, the violence of the act prevents conception from occurring) but it mostly came from fundamentalist religious leaders. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that something so outrageous is still kicking around. But the fact that it's coming from someone who holds public office is mind-boggling. And scary.

dimitrispearljam

Who Princess wrote:

I used to hear this stupid notion 20-25 years ago (pregnancy as a result of rape is rare, the violence of the act prevents conception from occurring) but it mostly came from fundamentalist religious leaders. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that something so outrageous is still kicking around. But the fact that it's coming from someone who holds public office is mind-boggling. And scary.

its scary where ever comes from...

Prince Of Dorkness

Something else that confuses me...

He said that if a woman's body doesn't do her magic vagina trick and abort the fetus, then there should be punishment and it should be "on the rapist."

Does that mean...

A) if she DOES do her magic vagina trick and abort the fetus that the rapist doesn't get punished (since that means it wasn't a legitimate rape)

Or

that the rapist must pay for the abortion himself?

drivingrl

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

Something else that confuses me...

He said that if a woman's body doesn't do her magic vagina trick and abort the fetus, then there should be punishment and it should be "on the rapist."

Does that mean...

A) if she DOES do her magic vagina trick and abort the fetus that the rapist doesn't get punished (since that means it wasn't a legitimate rape)

Or

that the rapist must pay for the abortion himself?

I really hope it's , because the last time I checked, rape is illegal. Although... maybe he's not aware that rape is illegal and he's going off of the assumption that it isn't?

Or maybe he means the rapist should pay child support?

Or maybe he means the rapist should be sentenced for both the rape and the act of bringing a child into the world against the rape victim's will?

HOW CAN THIS GUY BE SO STUPID?

pandora

I think he believes an old school notion that the female body
under the great stress of rape will rarely conceive, he's not alone.

http://www.physiciansforlife.org/content/view/492/26/

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08 ... -not-alone

I am assuming he may have been thinking of the different types of rape
when he said legitimate, as in statuary rape which is by law rape but can be consensual.
Legitimate as far as the physical reactions he believes takes place in the body.

Not agreeing nor condoning his statement, just understanding what he meant,
nor am I into attacking him as some here are....
looks like the blue brigade showed up

I am pro choice not pro abortion.

ComeToTX

pandora wrote:

I think he believes an old school notion that the female body
under the great stress of rape will rarely conceive, he's not alone.

http://www.physiciansforlife.org/content/view/492/26/

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08 ... -not-alone

I am assuming he may have been thinking of the different types of rape
when he said legitimate, as in statuary rape which is by law rape but can be consensual.
Legitimate as far as the physical reactions he believes takes place in the body.

Not agreeing nor condoning his statement, just understanding what he meant,
nor am I into attacking him as some here are....
looks like the blue brigade showed up

I am pro choice not pro abortion.

Based on these comments and his past comments I think we're understanding him just fine.

pandora

ComeToTX wrote:

pandora wrote:

I think he believes an old school notion that the female body
under the great stress of rape will rarely conceive, he's not alone.

http://www.physiciansforlife.org/content/view/492/26/

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08 ... -not-alone

I am assuming he may have been thinking of the different types of rape
when he said legitimate, as in statuary rape which is by law rape but can be consensual.
Legitimate as far as the physical reactions he believes takes place in the body.

Not agreeing nor condoning his statement, just understanding what he meant,
nor am I into attacking him as some here are....
looks like the blue brigade showed up

I am pro choice not pro abortion.

Based on these comments and his past comments I think we're understanding him just fine.

Really no blue bias blinders?
say that three times fast

but it's the name of the blame game that our country is sinking into every election year
really every moment of every year...
so sad so sickening ...

let me know when everyone tires of this crap
and we, as in one, can try to turn the country around.

gimmesometruth27

local news is reporting today that gop higher ups are asking him to withdraw from the race.

:corn:

edit to add, anyone who went through sex ed in 5th grade should know that there is no auto shut off function in the female body. :fp:

Jason P

Why did this story instantly make me think of Insane Clown Posse's #1 hit, Miracles?