What Was Really Said

Although the statement "legitimate rape" canbe offensive to rape victims if you look at the facts honestly people should admit they know of times when a young girl, 13, 14 year old, becomes pregnant and because she is scared of what her parents will do, claims to be raped. Don't deny this happens. Also, I personally was taught by a high school teacher that when being raped, the body produces chemicals that can prevent pregnancy.Supposedly the fear factor plays some part in this phenomenon. Whether or not this is true, I don't know. I have never seen studies to prove or disprove the claim. If Mr. Akin heard these teachings I can understand why he may have repeated them. He did not preach the theory as fact, just as theory. Another point people seem to overlook in order to bolster their which hunt is if a rape victim seeks medical attention, there IS a way to prevent pregnancy. If all of this information was replayed as often as the comment taken out of context I believe there would have been much less upheavel. This is where I have a problem with the news outlets repeat over and over until the public is whipped into a frenzy. What happened to even cursory investigating. Do we know how many pregnacies result from rape? I'm not saying Mr. Akin should not have chosen his words more carefully but I do not believe his remarks should be repeated in a such a way as to make him sound like he believes women ask to be raped or make up rape allegations regularly. This does happen and if we were honest, we'd admitit. I can assure you anyone in that class with me remembers hearing the same story about our boies ability to release chemicals to help prevent conception. The media should have done some checking. The woman on CNN could not provide any statistic on how many rape reuly in pregnancy but was given a pass since her stance if more acceptalbe although not necessarily accurate. The media is just as guilty as the candidates for dividing the country. It is there job to be objective and not present stories in such a way that it furthers their own personal aggenda. As long as there is no integrity in reporting, campaigning and candidates, the electorate will have a difficult time deciding who may be better for the office of presidency. The president should not be looking for power. He should be lookiging for ways to improve the lives of everyone. Compromise must happen and personal attacks on people without knowing the details puts that further out of reach and prevent us from attaining our mutual goals.