Tommy Thompson supports some abortion rights

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson said Monday he supported a woman's right to abortion in cases of rape.

Thompson made his statement in response to comments from U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) on rape and abortion.

Akin, who is running for U.S. Senate in Missouri, told a local television there that in cases of "legitimate" rape, women's bodies have some way to prevent pregnancies and lessen the need for abortion.

Akin has not explained what he meant by that remark, apologizing later for "misspeaking." But doctors have reacted by unequivocally stating that Akin is wrong and that rape is as likely to lead to pregnancy as consensual sex.

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National Right to Life also had the same "rape pregnancies don't exist" argument as Akin (maybe where he got it?):

The argument was most recently – and perhaps most fully – articulated by National Right to Life president John Wilke in a 1999 essay titled “Rape Pregnancies Are Rare.” Wilke made a pretty similar case to Akin: That the “physical trauma” of rape has a way of preventing pregnancy.

“To get and stay pregnant a woman’s body must produce a very sophisticated mix of hormones,” Wilke wrote. “There’s no greater emotional trauma that can be experienced by a woman than an assault rape. This can radically upset her possibility of ovulation, fertilization, implantation and even nurturing of a pregnancy.”

And get this, did you know that one of the leaders of Planned Parenthood agreed with the body shut down during rape theory?  I didn't get the name, but Rush was interviewing someone from Feminists for Life.  I don't usually listen but I caught it in the car on my lunch break.   She gave the name of a Planned Parenthood leader who supported the same theory.

Also, did you know that Wisconsin Right to Life didn't just support but endorsed Thompson? 

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