MB Civic

David Dayen at Firedoglake ..

Todd Akin’s comments to a local news station about “legitimate rape” and how women have a magic pregnancy shutdown switch when in a rape situation. (I believe it activates much like the Wonder Twins, you have to yell out “form a sperm filter!”) Akin has since said that he “misspoke”. But he actually uttered a long-standing belief on the part of the anti-choice movement .. from [one] site – “Trauma from the rape may bring into play some natural defence mechanisms that reduce the likelihood of pregnancy, such as hormonal change and spasms of the fallopian tubes which inhibit ovulation or fertilisation” .. The problem for Akin and the rest is that none of this is true. 32,101 pregnancies result from rape every year, according to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. But that won’t stop this zombie lie from perpetuating in anti-choice circles

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