Todd Akin in 2008: Doctors give Abortions to Women who aren't Pregnant

Oct. 4th, 2012 12:47 am
[identity profile] lynn82md.livejournal.com
Yes, ladies and gentlemen...you read the title correctly. If only this was a joke:
As Slate's Amanda Marcotte reported Tuesday, Akin gave a speech on the House floor in 2008 denouncing abortion providers as "terrorists," claiming that they sometimes perform abortions on women who "are not actually pregnant" And yes, there's a clip from C-Span on the Slate article of him saying that (that would be embedded in the "are not actually pregnant" on the Huffington Post Article).

Dear Akin,
You need to re-take a course in biology because an abortion CANNOT happen if there is no pregnancy to terminate. If she's not pregnant, what the hell do you think is being aborted?
Sincerely,
Moi

This is another clear example of why politicans SHOULD NEVER be involved in anyone's health, whether if it's reproductive or not.
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Republicans for Planned Parenthood: "We are an endangered species"

Aug. 23rd, 2012 02:48 pm
[identity profile] lynn82md.livejournal.com
Kevin Curtis of Cazenovia, N.Y., a lifelong conservative and an elder in the Presbyterian church, describes himself as a "personal responsibility, personal freedom and personal decision-type Republican." He served as the co-chair of his local Republican party, read virtually all the same Ayn Rand novels as GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, and he's worked for 36 years without a pension or a group health care plan -- the "take care of yourself" lifestyle people expect from conservatives, he says.

He's also been on the board of the Rochester/Syracuse Planned Parenthood affiliate for nearly three decades.

"I feel sometimes like we're an endangered species," he told The Huffington Post in an interview. "There used to be more of us. It's interesting how the pendulum has swung in the direction of uber-conservative on social issues -- I don't think it reflects a big chunk of the party at all."

Curtis said he has remained relatively quiet about his involvement with Planned Parenthood, but Rep. Todd Akin's (R-Mo.) remark Sunday that victims of "legitimate rape" are unlikely to get pregnant inspired him to step out and speak his mind.

"I've written [the Republican National Committee] and expressed my utter disapproval of the platform being drafted," he said. "For them to include any kind of a personhood amendment -- a zygote is not a human being any more than a chestnut's a tree. And defunding Planned Parenthood is very bad economics -- it actually saves taxpayers money in future medical costs."
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Missouri Republican: "Legitimate Rape" rarely causes pregnancy-includes his "mis-spoken" statement

Aug. 20th, 2012 11:22 am
[identity profile] lynn82md.livejournal.com
TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR RAPE!!!


A Republican Senate nominee found himself in hot water on Sunday for suggesting that instances of "legitimate rape" rarely results in pregnancy.

Rep. Todd Akin, a Republican who's locked in a hard-fought campaign in Missouri to unseat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, was answering a question regarding his position on abortion rights in instances when a woman is a victim of rape.

"People always want to make it into one of those things — well, how do you slice this particularly tough ethical question," Akin said in an interview on KTVI-TV, video of which was circulated by the Democratic super PAC American Bridge.

“First of all, from what I understand from doctors, [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," Akin said.

Regarding his opinion on whether to allow for an abortion in such instances, Akin added: “But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.”
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