by Ryan Bomberger | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 8/22/12 1:10 PM
‘Tis the season to be wearing tread marks. Congressman Todd Akins has crawled out from under the bus, brushed himself off and is standing firm.
A few ill-chosen words expressing a more-common-than-acknowledged misunderstanding of a woman’s biological response to rape have caused him and those harmed by such a violent act, without pause, to be thrown under the bus.
And, quite frankly, I’m glad such a pro-family, pro-life stalwart, despite a few bumps and lots of scrapes, is not quitting under pressure from hypocritical pro-abortion radicals and spineless Republicans.
Feigned outrage has a familiar sound: indignation, rhetorical distancing and repudiation. It’s come from nearly every corner. But where was this righteous indignation when Joe Biden lied in Flint, Michigan, using rape as a fear appeal, claiming it would increase if the American Jobs Act were not passed?
What about Letterman joking about a NYC visit by Palin and her 14 year old daughter ending in the statutory rape of Willow by MLB celebrity Alex Rodriguez? Where was the condemnation of Whoopi Goldberg who, on The View, defended film director Roman Polanski’s 1977 drugging and rape of a 13 year old as not “rape rape”?
ESPN’s “Gridlock” radio show hosts went unscathed as they laughed along with convicted rapist Mike Tyson’s racist, violent and misogynistic “Wombshifter” interview where he joked about Palin being hypothetically raped by Dennis Rodman (and other black men), “pushing her guts up in the back of her head.”
Or perhaps, it’s just funny when liberal comedians joke about rape: Rainn Wilson (Dwight from NBC’s “The Office”), Sarah Silverman (who also recently joked about getting a “quickie aborsh”, a real knee-slapper), or most recently Daniel Tosh. Last month, Tosh began telling rape jokes to a not-so-thrilled crowd.
He responded to a female heckler telling her how funny it would be if “she were raped by 5 guys right now.” There’s just something so hilarious about rape that these celebrities invoked no outrage from the “War on Women” crowd.
Or perhaps, Politico, the online news source that (laughingly) claims to bring balance to political news didn’t infuriate the same anti-Akin mob by inexplicably posting Playboy’s “Top 10 Conservative Women We Hate to Love” (warning: extremely graphic and vulgar screenshot of repulsive article). They didn’t fire former CNN/Washington Post/Politico Columnist Anne Schroeder Mullins for using Politico in a repugnant attack against conservative women with the porn giant’s rape fantasy. She left a year later to start a PR firm. There’s just so much irony in this left-leaning news outlet’s present article entitled, “Akin’s Comments ‘Positively Medieval’?”.
As one born as a result of rape, I feel those who demanded that Congressman Akin step down allow the pro-abortion narrative to remain…that those born of rape aren’t deserving of life and that it’s somehow compassionate to push a woman, so horribly violated, toward abortion.
Despite the media’s predictable liberal advocacy of abortion (in all cases), what’s missing is the intriguing real outcome of the horrific act of rape and pregnancy that may result. Why do 50% of women who’ve been so violated choose to carry to term? Why do nearly 6% place their child (yes, not the “rapists’ child”) for adoption? Why do many choose to parent?
This is something worth better understanding from those who’ve experienced this trauma. As always, mainstream media treats people groups as monolithic without ever bothering to discover what people actually believe or do. They instinctively and gleefully paint pro-life support of children born of rape as “extreme” thereby attempting to silence any discussion.
In our fast food, instantaneous, microwaved-solution prone society, it’s a promoted “given” that abortion is the only response to rape. But statistics and real life show that it isn’t, and many victims’ testimonies explain why it’s not. Abortion is like a second rape. The woman is violated, part of her dies (emotionally, physically, spiritually), human life is unjustly harmed, and she’s abandoned by the one inflicting the pain.
I’m not here to demand “no exceptions” laws. Legislation, as vitally needed to protect all human life, doesn’t speak to the heart. I hope my personal story simply shows that there is redemption beyond the pain, anger and confusion of the immediate moment. After years of speaking to hundreds of thousands across the country, I’ve heard many heart-wrenching personal stories of rape from actual victims. Some chose abortion, some expressed tearful regret, others chose adoption and some chose to parent. I was surprised, myself, that many felt that their child brought them healing.
This Akin controversy is less about some poorly chosen words in an expression for support for both mother and child and more about the inexcusable, yet exalted, pro-abortion position that “abortion rights” cannot be threatened. So, while liberals continually use the less than 1% (rape and incest) to justify the other 99%, some are too eager to allow the left to define while the GOP (in this case, the Grand Ole Placaters) reveals it often has no spine.
LifeNews Note: Ryan Bomberger president of the Radiance Foundation.
Comments
Powered by Facebook Comments
Thank you for making a most-needed point — putting a face & voice on the innocent children who are conceived of rape.
I do want to point out this study (2010) which is saying women’s bodies do sometimes prevent pregnancy from rape.
Some wise words from one who has two legs to stand on…
The other comments were just as bad, but to me the difference is who is saying it. I don’t care what celebrities and comedians say to get a laugh. Akin is a politician, who is supposed to represent his district. That is a huge difference to me.
Wow~ Billiant article and thank you for sharing!
“This Akin controversy is less about some poorly chosen words in an expression for support for both mother and child and more about the inexcusable, yet exalted, pro-abortion position that “abortion rights” cannot be threatened. So, while liberals continually use the less than 1% (rape and incest) to justify the other 99%, some are too eager to allow the left to define while the GOP (in this case, the Grand Ole Placaters) reveals it often has no spine.”
im not opposed to akin as much for what he said as i am about his age. i want the republicans to start to push for younger candidates. someone in their late 30s to early 40s. heres why, akin is 65 a senator servers 6 years how many terms will he serve 1 maybe 2 if your lucky. the longer some one serves the more power they build we need people with influence in washington.
what i like about ryan the most is hes young. 42 romney can serve 4 – 8 years and then 4 – 8 years of ryan and the country might be fixed 8)
Thank you Ryan! I whole heartedly agree as one conceived when eight men raped my mother. Her mother wanted me dead. Society does not take into acct what God does to the human heart of a mother. Some have told me they thought what society thought in the moment they found out they were pregnant after rape but in that very next instance they discovered “life.”
Those who gave birth gave life to themselves as well. Those who killed their baby said they were worse than the rapist who let them live!
Abortion does not unrape anyone at any age in any part of the universe.
I am grateful to Akin for speaking up for us.
And we are many more than are public. I’ve had many women come to me secretly after I spoke publicly. They said they had told no one. So stats cannot truthfully say how many of women became pregnant through rape!
j im putting this on my page..
wheres the share button
Juda a talk show host whom I listen to on regualr basis said for those who claim to be pro life, if they think they babies should be aborted after rape then they are selective choice. One caller said that why should a reminder of rape in her.. Mike Remember all you so called conservatives and Republicans that Romney said under his administration that he would allow a mother raped to abort her baby. Look at your values and say why are we voting for this man.. Vote with prayer not your pocket book, ask God who should you vote for.. Are we as conservatives more concerned about getting Obama out of office are we concerened about God’s will.. I’m not concerned about Obama in office God protects this counntry not any one party. If we really want to change this country then “Those who are called called by my name will humble them selves, pray and seek my face and turn from thier wicked ways I will heal thier land” 2 chron 7-14. So no party and or elected leader can ruin this country.. Do not let fear and intimidation be the way we elect our leaders. I digress and have faith that God’s hand is still on this country. Belive me we will know it when he removes it.
.
Look at the bottom of the article
Omar I have said that forever. Pro aborts choose to kill all. Pro life with exceptions choose the rape conceived. Both are choice to kill
Thank you for speaking out!
Some wise words from one who has two legs to stand on…
Thank you for making a most-needed point — putting a face & voice on the innocent children who are conceived of rape.
I do want to point out this study (2010) which is saying women’s bodies do sometimes prevent pregnancy from rape. < http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_releases_for_journalists/100811.html>
The other comments were just as bad, but to me the difference is who is saying it. I don’t care what celebrities and comedians say to get a laugh. Akin is a politician, who is supposed to represent his district. That is a huge difference to me.
Wow~ Billiant article and thank you for sharing!
“This Akin controversy is less about some poorly chosen words in an expression for support for both mother and child and more about the inexcusable, yet exalted, pro-abortion position that “abortion rights” cannot be threatened. So, while liberals continually use the less than 1% (rape and incest) to justify the other 99%, some are too eager to allow the left to define while the GOP (in this case, the Grand Ole Placaters) reveals it often has no spine.”
im not opposed to akin as much for what he said as i am about his age. i want the republicans to start to push for younger candidates. someone in their late 30s to early 40s. heres why, akin is 65 a senator servers 6 years how many terms will he serve 1 maybe 2 if your lucky. the longer some one serves the more power they build we need people with influence in washington.
what i like about ryan the most is hes young. 42 romney can serve 4 – 8 years and then 4 – 8 years of ryan and the country might be fixed 8)
Thank you Ryan! I whole heartedly agree as one conceived when eight men raped my mother. Her mother wanted me dead. Society does not take into acct what God does to the human heart of a mother. Some have told me they thought what society thought in the moment they found out they were pregnant after rape but in that very next instance they discovered “life.”
Those who gave birth gave life to themselves as well. Those who killed their baby said they were worse than the rapist who let them live!
Abortion does not unrape anyone at any age in any part of the universe.
I am grateful to Akin for speaking up for us.
And we are many more than are public. I’ve had many women come to me secretly after I spoke publicly. They said they had told no one. So stats cannot truthfully say how many of women became pregnant through rape!
j im putting this on my page..
wheres the share button
Look at the bottom of the article
Juda a talk show host whom I listen to on regualr basis said for those who claim to be pro life, if they think they babies should be aborted after rape then they are selective choice. One caller said that why should a reminder of rape in her.. Mike Remember all you so called conservatives and Republicans that Romney said under his administration that he would allow a mother raped to abort her baby. Look at your values and say why are we voting for this man.. Vote with prayer not your pocket book, ask God who should you vote for.. Are we as conservatives more concerned about getting Obama out of office are we concerened about God’s will.. I’m not concerned about Obama in office God protects this counntry not any one party. If we really want to change this country then “Those who are called called by my name will humble them selves, pray and seek my face and turn from thier wicked ways I will heal thier land” 2 chron 7-14. So no party and or elected leader can ruin this country.. Do not let fear and intimidation be the way we elect our leaders. I digress and have faith that God’s hand is still on this country. Belive me we will know it when he removes it.
.
Omar I have said that forever. Pro aborts choose to kill all. Pro life with exceptions choose the rape conceived. Both are choice to kill
Thank you for speaking out!