TheRepublicanParty’snationalconventionopensMondayinTampa, Florida. RepublicandelegateswillofficiallynominateformerMassachusettsGovernorMittRomneyastheparty’scandidateforpresident. DemocraticPartydelegateswillgatherinCharlotte, NorthCarolinathefollowingweektonominatePresidentBarackObamaforasecondterm.
Thisweek, aRepublicanlawmaker’scommentspushedthedebateaboutabortiontothecenteroftheelectioncampaign. MissouriCongressmanToddAkinisacandidatefortheUnitedStatesSenate. Areporteraskedhimtoexplainhisoppositiontotheoperation, evenincasesofrape. Mr. Akinsaiditwashisunderstandingfromdoctorsthatrapevictimsrarelygetpregnant. Hesaidthat, inthecaseofwhathecalled “legitimaterape,” thefemalebodyhaswaystostopapregnancy. Andhesaidtherapistshouldbepunished, notthechildresultingfromtheattack.
HiscommentswerewidelycriticizedbybothDemocratsandRepublicans. Manydescribedthemas “insensitive.” PresidentObamaandMr. Romneywerequicktocondemnthestatements.
OBAMA: “Theviewsexpressedwereoffensive. Rapeisrape.”
ROMNEY: “Hiscommentsaboutrapeweredeeplyoffensive. AndIcan’tdefendwhathesaid. Ican’tdefendhim.”
CongressmanAkinhasapologized. Heevenapprovedapoliticaladvertisementaskingforforgiveness.
AKIN: “Rapeisanevilact. Iusedthewrongwordsinthewrongway, andforthatIapologize.”
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