> Because Akin was minimizing rape. No, he wasn't. He was trying to respond to the "what about rape" argument wrt abortion. I'm pro-abortion, but he's correc

> Because Akin was minimizing rape. No, he wasn't. He was trying to respond to the "what about rape" argument wrt abortion. I'm pro-abortion, but he's correct in saying that only a small fraction of abortions have anything to do with rape. (That said, age of consent and under the influence rape don't involve "negative mental state" that his argument requires.) I don't think that that fact is relevant, but it's dishonest to say that it isn't true.