Republicans will resort to any rationale rather than say rape is an abominable thing.
Republicans will resort to any rationale rather than admit that it is totally understandable when a woman impregnated by rape wants an abortion.
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
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George W. Bush Advisor, Karen Hughes, Would "Cut Out The Tongue"
Of Rape Tolerant Republicans
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Regular dKos followers know that while I'm mostly known these days as the ACA Signups guy, I've been "moonlighting" for the past couple of years as the curator of the Republican Rape Advisory Chart, now up to a whopping 8 volumes.
Republican: If a Woman Has Right to an Abortion, a Man Should Have Right to Force Himself on a WomanRepublican Maine state Representative Lawrence Lockman is under fire for comments he’s made in the media regarding rape, abortion, and homosexuality.An investigation by Mike Tipping, an activist with Maine People’s Alliance, found numerous offensive comments made by the Republican in various newspaper interviews.Perhaps the most inflammatory was a press statement from 1995 in which Lockman says “If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? At least the rapist’s pursuit of sexual freedom doesn’t (in most cases) result in anyone’s death.”
Update: it has been pointed out in the comments by a couple of people that the EXACT phrase "rape should be legal" isn't part of the original quote.
I debated whether to include quote marks around the phrase in the title or not, and decided that the original was close enough in both word structure as well as meaning to do so. However, I've reconsidered and have removed the actual quotes accordingly.
His exact quote speaks volumes anyway.
Anyway, that eventually led to a whopping 8 "Volumes" of the Chart.
Here's the original; you can find the other 7 at the official website:
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