A Republican state lawmaker called pregnancy from rape “the silver lining” Thursday while debating whether women who become pregnant from sexual assault deserve an exception from a strict anti-abortion measure.
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“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” Akin said of pregnancy. “But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something: I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.”
