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delphipsmith ([personal profile] delphipsmith) wrote2012-08-20 12:37 pm
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What exactly is "legitimate rape" ?

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 legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

Er, huh? Like what? A quick Tweet from the brain, "yo @fallopian_toobz pls ignore any-all sperm for next 48 hrs as they were unauthorized thx #legitimaterape" ??

This man is beyond belief. Apparently in Akin's world, if you get pregnant as a result of rape it's because at some level you consented to it. The Nation has an excellent follow-up piece on why it's dangerous to laugh at this sort of thing: "In the multi-dimensional chess that shapes public opinion, the game is less about individual elections and more about a sustained effort to mainstream radical ideas. In the case of denying women control over their lives, there's evidence that the bad guys may be winning the long-game..." The article is worth a read.

Some of the tweets on the topic are pretty clever; my favorite is from @Michelle9647: "The female body also has ways of shutting down your whole election." Heee.

By the way, Romney's VP Paul Ryan also opposes abortion in cases of rape and supported a personhood bill that would make fertilized eggs human beings. And let's not forget the major GOP backer who suggested the best birth control method was for a woman to hold an aspirin between her knees.

Consider this when you vote in November, ladies.

[identity profile] nursedarry.livejournal.com 2012-08-20 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god, never mind. Not him I'm talking about; he just...facilitated.

*goes back to Clinic. Drinks profusely*

[identity profile] ladyoneill.livejournal.com 2012-08-20 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
The Olympics

[identity profile] nursedarry.livejournal.com 2012-08-20 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Bringing all the eye-candy the Olympics to London. Hence I've just traded in my last EA for a new one.

[identity profile] nursedarry.livejournal.com 2012-08-20 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
You didn't miss much unless it was over Eric Idle's song. I watched that only to see...oh, well, never mind :)