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发帖数: 19713 | 1 共和党们的智商到底有没有下限？？？？
Todd Akin's Abortion Position Reflects GOP Platform
Lost in the national outrage and politics following an inflammatory
statement made Sunday by GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin in Missouri is the
reality that, on a fundamental level, there is no policy difference between
Akin's comments and the mainstream GOP platform.
CNN reported on Monday that the draft of the GOP's official 2012 platform
calls for a federal ban on abortion with no exception for rape and incest
survivors -- the same policy Akin was trying to defend when he asserted that
victims of "legitimate rape" have a natural bodily mechanism that prevents
them from getting pregnant.
The platform also demands that the government "not fund or subsidize health
care which includes abortion coverage," a policy that harkens back to the No
Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act of 2011. The GOP sponsors of that bill,
including Akin and current GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-Wis.
), tried to narrow the definition of rape as it relates to abortion; only "
forcible rape," the bill originally stated, warrants insurance coverage for
abortion. The language was removed before the bill passed.
Akin's remarks and the ensuing outrage from both parties forced Mitt Romney
to rein in his running mate's conservative position on abortion. The Romney
campaign announced Sunday night that the Romney/Ryan ticket supports
abortion in cases of rape, even though Ryan previously opposed it.
But if the draft of the GOP platform is any indication, the Republican
National Committee will not include a rape exception in its platform. "Our
platform language is the same [as] it's been in 2004 and 2008," an RNC
spokesperson told The Huffington Post when asked if it would consider a rape
exception. "It's a strong pro-life position that doesn't get into granular
specifics. We leave those to the states."
Ten GOP-controlled state legislatures, over the past couple of years, have
passed bans on abortions after 20 weeks of gestation that do not include an
exception for rape victims. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) recently tried to
pass the same ban in the District of Columbia.
Romney and Ryan could be unsuccessful at severing ties with the Akin mindset
. Ryan, in addition to having sponsored a federal fetal personhood law that
would force rape victims to go through with their pregnancies, plans to
headline the "Values Voter Summit" next month alongside a number of
prominent Akin supporters. The Family Research Council, the primary sponsor
of the event, came to Akin's defense Monday, telling Politico that it still
supports Akin "fully and completely."
FRC president Tony Perkins lashed out at Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) for
saying Akin should drop out of his Senate race. “[Brown] should be careful,
because based on some of his statements there may be call for him to get
out of his race,” he said. “He has been off the reservation on a number of
Republican issues."
Romney, RH Reality Check points out, has accepted the endorsement of Dr.
John Willke, a prominent anti-abortion doctor. Willke, president of the Life
Issues Institute, wrote a book with a chapter on rape from which Akin could
have easily pulled his facts:
"Her body is upset," Willke writes, referring to the rape victim. "Every
woman is aware that stress and emotional factors can alter her menstrual
cycle ... Hormone production is controlled by a part of the brain which is
easily influenced by emotions. There’s no greater emotional trauma that can
be experienced by a woman than an assault rape. This can radically upset
her possibility of ovulation, fertilization, implantation and even nurturing
of a pregnancy."
Ultimately, Romney and the Republicans' success in the upcoming election
could hinge in part on their ability to distance themselves from members
like Akin, although Akin's comment only underscores a position many
Republicans are trying to codify into law.
UPDATE: 1:48 p.m. -- The Republican platform committee approved the draft on
Tuesday that calls for a constitutional ban on abortion without exception
for rape victims, Politico reports.
"I appreciate the good work that that committee did -- in past platforms
that has been hours of discussion -- and I applaud the committee's work in
affirming our respect for human life," said Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell,
chairman of the committee. "Well done." | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 3 This is a lot more about their conscience as a human than their IQ.
Republicans like to boast themselves as having "brain" so hopefully their IQ
should not be a problem. But they can and do have big problems with their
conscience. Worse yet, more often than not, they seem to be challenged on
both IQ and conscience, which may very well be Todd Akin's case. | k*****e
发帖数: 22013 | 4 legitimate rape...LOL
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【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 共和党们的智商到底有没有下限？？？？
: Todd Akin's Abortion Position Reflects GOP Platform
: Lost in the national outrage and politics following an inflammatory
: statement made Sunday by GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin in Missouri is the
: reality that, on a fundamental level, there is no policy difference between
: Akin's comments and the mainstream GOP platform.
: CNN reported on Monday that the draft of the GOP's official 2012 platform
: calls for a federal ban on abortion with no exception for rape and incest
: survivors -- the same policy Akin was trying to defend when he asserted that
: victims of "legitimate rape" have a natural bodily mechanism that prevents
| g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 5 更恶的是，这事一出GOP里好些女人，PALIN之流，纷纷指责AKINS，但是她们指责是
AKINS赖着不退选坏了GOP的大计，而不提他的言论对不对。 | m******8
发帖数: 2153 | | t*******e
发帖数: 2113 | 7
更重要的原因恐怕是要回避Akins和Ryan曾经共同支持过反堕胎的法案。
那个法案对如何界定“forcible rape”有过说明。
算是臭名昭著，就连偏中间一点的共和党也无法认同。
我就说么，螺母今年臭棋一个接一个，他要能当选就怪了。
昨天纽约时报又再讨论他不给税表，
然后分析他2010年的税表，
得出一些推论他很可能2009年的财务上报很少的税。
财务报表上显示他国外投资抵税。
【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: 更恶的是，这事一出GOP里好些女人，PALIN之流，纷纷指责AKINS，但是她们指责是
: AKINS赖着不退选坏了GOP的大计，而不提他的言论对不对。
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