No science behind Akin rape-pregnancy claim
The long-discredited notion that rape victims cannot become pregnant – a claim that pushed Republicans to repudiate one of their own U. S. Senate candidates on Monday – dates back centuries to when human reproduction was hardly understood. But the medieval theory has surfaced in 21st century political discourse as a result of the U. S. abortion wars. Writers from the Middle Ages and modern politicians alike have based their arguments on the idea that a trauma of the magnitude of rape can shut down the body’s reproductive system. . . .
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