In 2011, Teapublicans introduced a bill that would ban federal funding for abortions through Medicaid except in cases of forcible rape, incest, or to save a mother’s life.
The bill was sponsored by Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri and Rep. Paul Ryan (Yes, that Paul Ryan) with the intent of redefining rape. You see, Teapublicans believe that forcible rape is the only legitimate rape. Apparently they believe rapes which are the result of threats, physical intimidation, or “date rape drugs dont really count. Therefore, in Teapublicans feeble minds, those victims should not be allowed to seek an abortion.
The bill was eventually withdrawn after a huge backlash from women voters.
But Akin, Ryan and company haven’t given up on their attempts to redefine rape. In fact, they want to take their anti-woman, anti-abortion agenda even farther by passing a Constitutional amendment outlawing all abortions. They also want to redefine “personhood” by passing legislation that says human life begins at conception. This would give a fetus all the rights of a person, meaning that all abortions would be treated as murder regardless of the circumstances.
The Teapublican plans hadn’t received a lot of attention. But that changed over the past weekend.
In case you were lounging on another planet, Rep. Akin was asked during a TV interview if he supported abortion in the case of pregnancies caused by rape. He responded, “From what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist, and not attacking the child.”
Heres an idea:
Lets put Akin, Ryan and all the other Teapublicans who believe in this nonsense in the general population of a maximum security prison. Im betting that, within days, these guys will understand the real meaning of rape in all of its many forms.
The only thing lacking would be the joy of them carrying Bubbas baby for the next 9 months and caring for it the rest of their lives.