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Before dismissing such comments as a relic of the 19th century, fast forward to last year, when Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association claimed that trauma from a "genuine case of forcible rape" would make it "difficult" for a woman to conceive a child.
Essentially, it makes allowances for abortions only in the case of "forcible rape".
Lawmakers pulled language from the original measure that allowed federal funding for abortions only in the case of "forcible rape" after drawing widespread public criticism, but Mother Jones reported on Tuesday that House Republicans are using a backdoor legislative maneuver to ensure the bill achieves the same effect.
Just days after Akin's comments, Fischer, who is fervently anti-abortion rights, leaped to the Missouri congressman's defense, stating on his talk radio show "Focal Point" that a "real, genuine rape, a case of forcible rape" would make it "difficult" for a woman to conceive a child.
The following day, conservative talk show host Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association expressed his "absolute" support of Akin's view, saying trauma from a "real, genuine rape, a case of forcible rape" would make it "difficult" for a woman to conceive a child.
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Mr. Akin co-sponsored a bill last year that would have narrowed that exception to cases of "forcible rape".
In the six years before the program began in several counties around Buffalo, there were 6.5 reported cases of forcible shaking per year, on average.
Last year, he and Mr. Akin co-sponsored the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" which would have prohibited federal funding of abortions except in cases of "forcible rape".
It would allow federal financing of abortions in cases of "forcible" rape but not statutory or coerced rape, and in cases where a woman is in danger of death from her pregnancy but not of other serious health damage.
Because many cases of forcible FGC were recorded during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the practice became the focus of international debates about the relative value of individual rights versus cultural traditionalism.
The 2011 bill would have banned all federal funding for abortions with an exception for cases of "forcible rape".
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