They came about two months after Mr. Akin set off a storm of criticism across the political spectrum by suggesting that in cases of a "legitimate rape," women's bodies could ward off becoming pregnant.
Misattribution errors can occur for traumatic experiences, as in the case of a rape victim who accused a psychologist of assault based on her vivid memory of his face.
Some people do, and those people generally will chose not to have an abortion ever, even in the case of a rape.
"This should be a woman's choice and abortion should be available in case of rape or a damaged foetus," Gwozdz said.
She's perhaps most famous for fighting against a 2013 state bill that would require women to purchase additional insurance to cover abortion, even in case of rape; in a speech against the bill, she revealed on the state Senate floor that she'd been raped in college.
The lack of an underlying story arc to release pressure bends the drama into strange shapes: sometimes powerful, sometimes – in the case of a raped convict drawn to her oppressor – alien and unnerving.
In Brazil, abortions are legal only in cases of rape, a threat to a woman's life or a terminal brain disorder.
The motion "to authorize the use of Department of Defense funds for abortion in case of rape and incest," passed on a roll call vote of 16-10.
Federal law prohibits Medicaid money from being used to pay for abortions except in cases of rape, a threat to the life of a mother or incest.
(a) that in cases of "legitimate rape" a magic anti-pregnancy switch is activated; (b) that his opponent, Claire McCaskill, was like "a wildcat out of the cage" and that last election she "was much more ladylike"; or (c) "and yet we have terrorists in our own culture called abortionists," who are "giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant".
Remember that spate of crazy pro-rape things Republican men said last summer and fall, starting with Todd Akin's notorious claim that a woman has ways of preventing pregnancy in cases of rape, a statement he made in order to deny women control over their own bodies.
