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News & Issues > The Ultimate Insult to Women
 

The Ultimate Insult to Women

So, our bodies shut down when we get raped and we don't
get pregnant! Wrong! wrong! wrong!. Punish the rapist and
don't abort the child sired by rape. Does this fool Republican realize you are sentencing a woman to a lifetime
of care for a child she never intended to have by a man
who is a sexual predator. She doesn't know what genes are
present in the father and she is supposed to submissively
have the child and rear it with all that this entails.

Check out Romney's Vice Presidential Candidate who has
extreme views along this line. Is it any wonder that women
favor Obama?

Adoption is not much of an option, otherwise there would not
be a screaming need for foster parents. Adoptive parents
usually want small children or babies before they are
damaged by their environments.

I feel so strongly about this issue because I grew up in
the Bible Belt in another less permissive time. I saw
women who were butchered in illegal abortions and frequently
died. I saw others who had one child after another, guaranteeing a life spent in poverty. I worked with a
girl who had an illegetimate baby and had to fend for her
self because she was fired as soon as she started to show.
All the good Christian people told me not to befriend her
because my reputation would be ruined. I didn't listen.
That girl's plight is engraved on my memory.

Life and how we live it is governed by our choices. Don't
take the right to choose their reproductive futures away
from women.

posted on Aug 21, 2012 4:45 AM ()

Comments:

I hope he remains in the race so he will get beaten. LOL
comment by jondude on Aug 22, 2012 6:11 AM ()
And here I wrongly thought Florida's Rick Scott was the daffiest of them all! Talk about hypocrites, while Romney, Ryan and others within the Republican Party are doing everything possible to distance themselves from Akin, they continue to ratify a call for a constitutional ban on abortion- which includes cases of rape and incest. The constitutional ban means no abortions for any cause. This truly shows no regard for women or for these unwanted children.
comment by dragonflyby on Aug 21, 2012 6:51 PM ()
What an insult to our intelligence! I hope he stays in the race because
it will give us a better chance to win.
reply by elderjane on Aug 22, 2012 4:46 AM ()
And the Republicans are trying to get the focus back on the economy. I remember those days before Rowe vs Wade also. Coke bottles and coat hangers.
comment by boots586 on Aug 21, 2012 3:41 PM ()
I am so passionate about this, because I remember the days of coat hangers
and coke bottles and taking all kinds of concoctions that didn't work but
made women sick. The hopelessness of women in poverty was very real.
reply by elderjane on Aug 22, 2012 4:52 AM ()
Oh you know I am with you on this one girl... here's an article by the Onion (pure satire) that you might find interesting... https://www.theonion.com/articles/pregnant-woman-relieved-to-learn-her-rape-was-ille,29258/
This man is a JOKE and needs to go back to the rock from under which he came. Oh, also, here is an online petition in case you'd like to sign: https://dccc.org/pages/denounce-todd-akin?source=auto_reply_email
comment by kristilyn3 on Aug 21, 2012 10:35 AM ()
He is unbelievable. Yes, I will sign the petition.
reply by elderjane on Aug 21, 2012 2:42 PM ()
Akin,first never heard of him and do not care to know this person.
That was one of the worst statement coming out of his mouth.
It seems that all of a sudden the women issues is huge during election year.
That is fine,but they need to work on other things that our country need.
At this point Obama is going to have a very hard time in getting reelected.
Look at Romney and Ryan.How upbeat they are,no I am not going to vote for them but I do like their energy more so.I for one do not care for Biden and sorry to say that he is going to be there for another four more years.What has he done?can you think of one.I can't

As far as Akin making the remark,I am so green on women issues and for me to leave it alone.
Have other problems.Good post the women will love this.
comment by fredo on Aug 21, 2012 9:37 AM ()
I have always liked Joe Biden because he is honest and has been the least
wealthiest of all the politicians in the Senate or the Vice Presidency.
We have a lot of other problems, true but women are half the population and
refuse to be treated like second class citizens anymore.
reply by elderjane on Aug 21, 2012 2:46 PM ()
Open mouth, insert foot. Reminds me of someone else we know.
comment by troutbend on Aug 21, 2012 8:20 AM ()
I often open mouth and insert foot but this little episode was unbelievable.
reply by elderjane on Aug 21, 2012 2:47 PM ()
Met the daughter-in-law of my recently deceased friend the other day. She is 40, in great shape, and utterly in love with Rush Limbaugh. We had a little set-to. I think, perhaps, I should not have been so forthright, but too late now. Okay, so I can't go back there. Meanwhile, Akin is doing the Dems a favor. The more the fanatics speak out, the more they will lose the independents, who probably have driver's licenses and will be allowed to vote.
comment by tealstar on Aug 21, 2012 7:31 AM ()
How could anybody be so ignorant that they watch Rush Limbaugh and believe
the lying scum? You had to be forthright even if it antagonized her. She
wouldn't be a good friend anyway.
reply by elderjane on Aug 21, 2012 2:50 PM ()
That guy is unbelievable! I'm not sure which part of his statement is worse, but don't punish the embryo? The thoughts of those people are so twisted that there really isn't room for dialogue. He has until 5p.m. today (Tuesday) to leave the race, but he's not a quitter (just an idiot).
comment by jjoohhnn on Aug 21, 2012 6:38 AM ()
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Talk about excusing the rapist and
punishing the woman who is raped! When I was a girl, no one pursued a
rape charge because the rapist would have his friends get up in court and
swear that had all had sex with the woman and she was a #####. This happened often.
reply by elderjane on Aug 21, 2012 2:54 PM ()
No woman in her right mind would vote for the current crop of Republicans. They are so far out of whack they are off the human radar.
comment by marta on Aug 21, 2012 5:18 AM ()
You've got that right, honey. Unfortunately the Bachman's and the Palin's
will.
reply by elderjane on Aug 21, 2012 2:55 PM ()

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