Anybody who understands how evolution works would know that Akin's idea is stupid. If there were a difference in pregnancy rates, it would, unfortunately, probably be in favor of rape, because the male descendents of rapists would be more likely to be rapists, creating more offspring for rapists than decent men. So evolution would select against women who's body rejected the results of rape, because the women who's bodies did not have do such rejection would have more offspring.
8/22/2012 And a woman can definitely get pregnant from an act she finds repugnant. Both my grandmothers thought sex was repugnant, being raised in a time when that was normal. One had seven children. There is an ethnic group in Africa that mutilates the genitals of women in such a way that sex is painful, but they still get pregnant.
There has been a decrease in violence in our country in recent years. I suspect part of it could be due to the availability of emergency contraception and abortion to rape victims, so the defective genes of the rapists are less likely to be passed on.
And there have been plenty of offspring from slaves being raped by their owners, soldiers of enemy armies, etc.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/20/715431/todd-akin-rape-apologizes/
By Scott Keyes posted from ThinkProgress Election on Aug 20, 2012
In an interview on The Mike Huckabee Show, Republican Senate nominee Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) apologized for saying that women don’t get pregnant from “legitimate rape” because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
“I’ve really made a couple of serious mistakes here that were just wrong, and I need to apologize for those,” Akin told Huckabee. The Missouri Republican went on to concede that women can indeed be impregnated by rapists.
In the interview, Akin said he simply misspoke when he used the phrase “legitimate rape,” saying he actually meant “forcible rape.” He went on to say that rape is “equally tragic” to abortion.
Despite a growing number of Republicans calling for him to withdraw from the race, including two sitting United States senators, Akin pledged to fight on. “I’m not a quitter,” said the congressman. “I’ve not yet begun to fight.”
Update
Despite speculation on Twitter that Akin was preparing an exit, he reiterated his pledge to stay in the race during an interview on The Sean Hannity Show.
Akin also explained the story behind his “legitimate rape” comment: “I had heard from medical reports that rape is such a traumatic thing that there’s a reaction. But that’s wrong.”
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