This is so wrongheaded and naive on so many levels that it is difficult to know where to start.
http://www.crisisconnectioninc.org/sexualassault/rapestatistics.htm
Every 45 seconds someone in the United States is sexually assaulted
(1). 1 out of every 7 women currently in college has been raped
(2), however, 9 out of 10 women raped on campus never tell anyone about the rape
(3). 1 in 10 men is raped in his lifetime
(4), 1 in 7 of those victims will have been assaulted before the age of 18. More than 61.5% of rapes are never reported to law enforcement
(5). Approximately 28% of rape victims are raped by their husbands, 35% by an acquaintance, and 17% by a relative other than spouse
(6).74% of sexual assaults are perpetrated by assailants well known to the victim
(7). A female child victim is 7 times more likely to be re-victimized as an adult
8. Nearly 6 out of 10 sexual assaults occur at the victim’s home or the home of a friend, relative, or neighbor
(9). 1 in 15 rape victims contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD) as a result of being raped
(10). 1 in 15 rape victims become pregnant as a result of being raped
(11). The United States has the world’s highest rape rate of all countries that publish such data- 13 times higher than England and more than 20 times higher than Japan
(12). An American woman is 10 times more likely to be raped than to die in a car crash
(13). 61% of rape victims are females under the age of 18
(14). Contrary to common belief that violent crime rates are notably lower in rural areas, a recent analysis of location data collected for the 1999 National Women’s Study found that 10.1% of women living in rural areas had experienced a completed rape as compared to 13.6% of women living in urban and suburban communities—hardly a notably lower rate.
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That means that there are approximately 712,480 rapes in the U.S. each year. That also means there are about 47,499 rapes that result in pregnancy each year in the United States. This is not a rare occurrence by any medical standard. It has a huge financial, medical, social, and emotional cost to the victims and to society. And I see NO ONE on the anti-abortion side stepping up in any way to help these women raise these unwanted childen. In fact, many of these women end up on government assistance, the same assistance douche bags like Akin want to cut.
The fact remains that not all Christians are anti-abortion. Since a substantial majority of Americans profess the Christian faith, it stands to reason that most abortions in this country are being conducted on Christian women. And I know conservatives who are pro-abortion who also took deep offense at what Akin said. Why? Because they at least recognize that only a douche bag would try to make such ignorant arguments and think that it demonstrates that they are anything but a douche bag.
If this issue is going to be their end run to the white house, I think it is safe to say they have already lost the election.
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