“..Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) faced scorn and ridicule from members of his own party this week after expressing his belief that rape victims don’t need to have access to abortion because “legitimate rape” rarely results in pregnancies.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, called his comments “wrong, offensive, and indefensible” and was just one in a chorus of Republicans calling on Akin to drop his U.S. Senate bid.
While many Republicans may not have used Akin’s blunt wording – his sentiments are not unusual in the GOP.
Just two days after he made his remarks, the party voted to incorporate strict anti-abortion language into its platform -
- with no exception for pregnancies that result from rape or incest.
Additionally, there are more than 40 House and Senate candidates besides Akin -
- including Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the man who has been tapped as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate -
- who want to ban abortion access even for women who have been victims of rape or incest…”
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Todd Akin’s Party: More Than 40 Republican Candidates Oppose Abortion In Cases Of Rape, Incest.
