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Summary Obama Monday slammed a Republican lawmakers legitimate rape remarks.
Todd Akin had said whether legitimate rape can lead to pregnancy, and defended his own campaigns stance on abortion law.Well, first of all the views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape, and the idea we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we are talking about doesnt make sense to the American people, he said.President Barack Obama called comments from Republican Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin about rape and abortion offensive and way out there on Monday, and said politicians should not be making healthcare decisions on behalf of women.The views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape and the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we are talking about doesnt make sense to the American people and certainly doesnt make sense to me, Obama told reporters in the White House briefing room.Akin, a member of the US House of Representatives, said in a television interview on Sunday that women have biological defenses to prevent pregnancy in cases of legitimate rape, making legal abortion rights unnecessary.
