And even if your analogy were not completely ludicrous, that would up to teh individual in question.
Todd Akin would do his party and his country a service by stepping aside. The rest of the campaign will be dominated by this side issue, possibly denying Republicans a key Senate seat. To use the words "legitimate" and "rape" in the same phrase betrays a serious lack of judgment. Only about 1 percent of women undergoing abortions report that they were raped, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute. One percent is not zero.
That much having been said, I must offer a mild dissent to the widespread view expressed by both Republicans and Democrats that what...
PROVE it.
Not provide evidence. PROVE. Beyond a shadow of doubt.
TELL me when the 'piece of tissue' becomes human. TELL ME.
What's that? You can't?
Then why are you GUESSING when you could be killing human beings?
I guess you don't care about any life very much, do you?
Self-mutilation is hardly a helpful or healthful response to a problem, and no, such a thing is not simply up to the "individual in question," as it is considered evidence of a mental disorder.