Pregnant Woman Relieved To Learn Her Rape Was Illegitimate

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Yeah, I don't think the equivalency works here, except with the last bit, which is indeed pretty much what Akin said.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Yes, because having a child is definitely synonymous with drowning.

Yeah, I don't think the equivalency works here, except with the last bit, which is indeed pretty much what Akin said.

The analogy was rape; not having a child. See the bit about 'you there with the sunglasses you were asking for it.'

It works very well as a rape analogy but not as a pregnancy analogy and it seemed to me as if it was trying to be both at once, particularly in the initial post, before the reblogs.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Some people genuinely do see pregnancy and childbearing as a horrible and unwanted burden, though.  Not exactly the same way as drowning, obviously, but in the same general area of life-changing-for-the-worse experiences.

Fair point. It's a little hard for me to understand that mindset, being from a large Italian/Irish/Jewish family, but definitely a fair point.