Akins Assault on Women's Health & Dignity
Assault on Women�s Health Revisited with Senator Akin, leaving the Republican Party Belly-aching Though the memory of the 2011 Republican attempts to redefine the rape of an unconscious woman as a noncriminal activity and thus not rape, are still etched in my memory, the party continues to horrify the nation with its Neanderthal postulations. The latest assertion came from Senator Akin from Missouri, who stated that women are unlikely to get pregnant in a true rape situation, because the woman�s Zen warrior vagina is able to battle the offending sperm from penetrating her nubile eggs. OK, Akin didn�t say that part, but I thought I would add some humor to the situation. Once again we seem to have a Republican senatorial candidate who still wants to redefine rape, so this ugly issue has not been vanquished. In the interest of refining the conversation by adding some facts, this article will address actual data on rape, biology, and national data on abortion se...