The Broader Issue is Abortion on Demand, Not Political Gaffes

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary) | August 20th at 03:45 PM |

Over the weekend, Missouri Republican senatorial candidate Todd Akin made bizarre comments about pregnancies resulting from rape during an interview with a local TV station. In response to a question regarding his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape, and as part of an effort to illustrate the rarity of such abortions in the scheme of the broader epidemic, Akin offered an inane, inaccurate, | Read More »

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