I am positive most of you have read what this idiot who is running for Senate in Missouri said. He said that victims of "legitimate rape" can't become pregnant from said rape. Apparently women's bodies can detect when a rape is happening and their reproductive organs shut down and prevent them from becoming pregnant. Oh. My. Word. I have so many thoughts....SO MANY THOUGHTS.
First of all wtf is "legitimate rape"? Is that the kind where some masked stranger jumps out of the bushes in the middle of the night and tries to murder you at the same time? I'm just guessing. I'm disgusted by his implications that there is such a thing as illegitimate rape. This is not the olden days. There are several definitions of rape so go ahead and educate yourself.
Next thing.....your body shuts down if you're being raped and you can't get pregnant? Is this a for real serious thought? He claims he's talked to several doctors who have said this is true. I want names. They need to lose their right to practice medicine. If this were true why doesn't your heart shut down when you're scared? Why don't our lungs protect themselves if we smoke (which I don't do...just an example)? Why don't my intestines go into protection mode when I eat greasy food that makes my stomach turn? Why doesn't my liver walk away and shack up with my appendix for the night when I drink too much? If my other organs can't protect themselves from dangers then I don't think my reproductive system can. Is there some alarm system on my ovaries? My eggs carry swords and Captain America shields? Do I have little reproductive ninjas inside of me that can sense bad sperm? Seriously. I would love to know. The part about that claim that upsets me most is that this was something I had to worry about. I took emergency contraception at the ER and was told that it wasn't guaranteed to work. I was told that I should take a pregnancy test when I went for STD screening in a month. Something I had to think about was what I would do. Abortion? I didn't want that....I don't believe in it really and just didn't see that as an option, but I didn't want to be pregnant. Adoption? I didn't want to be pregnant and remain pregnant....what a reminder of my rape that would be every day. And I wasn't sure I could hand over a baby. Keep it? How could I treat a little human being fairly if I knew every day that this person was not created because I wanted him or her....they were created because I was attacked. How could I live with a reminder the rest of my life? These were decisions I never ever wanted to have to make and fortunately I didn't have to. The point is, though, that this was something I lived through and you have some old white dude telling the world that I never would have had to worry had I been legitimately raped.
Todd Akin you make me sick to my stomach. People like you are the reason people like me get so much crap when we've done nothing wrong.
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