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Worst Quotes About Women’s Health in 2012

Worst Quotes About Womenâ��s Health in 2012

For me, a good chunk of this year was spent simultaneously marveling at and feeling incredibly terrified by the rampant ignorance about women’s health and women’s bodies that continues to permeate our country. From the sheer number of ignorant Republican rape comments to the slut-shaming of Kristen Stewart, 2012 was a terrible year for women’s health in the United States. Let’s all read these quotes, get angry, and plot ways we can change the world with our hairy-legged, menstrual-cup wearing, vagina-having, feminist rage. More »

Todd Akin’s Last-Ditch Effort: Getting Endorsed By A ‘Legitimate Rape’ Victim Who Had An Abortion

Polls show Rep. Todd Akin behind Claire McCaskill in the race for Missourri Senate, and election day is coming fast. So to sway voters, he’s pulling out the big guns: a Russian immigrant, and a rape victim who had an abortion. These are the women featured in his latest ad, which has the two women explaining their backgrounds and gushing over their warm feelings for the Senator. Is it enough to balance out his “legitimate rape” comments? I don’t think so. More »

Tina Fey Wins For Best Todd Akin ‘Legitimate Rape’ Joke

Tina Fey spoke at the Center for Reproductive Rights Inaugural Gala in New York last night, and while the actress/comedia/writer/producer/mother has been quieter throughout this campaign season than the last, she still managed to get in the best jab at Todd Akin we’ve heard, since the Republican Senate candidate dropped the “legitimate rape” bomb in August this year. More »

Todd Akin, Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Fame, Says Senator Claire McCaskill Wasn’t ‘Ladylike’ In Debates

Todd Akin said such stupid and hurtful things about rape that the Republican party wanted him to drop out of the race for Senate; one might expect that he’d be extremely sensitive when talking about women. But in comments about his most recent debate with his opponent, Senator Claire McCaskill, he managed to give the public yet another taste of his misogyny More »

Having A Baby Out Of Wedlock Is Just Like Rape, Says Another Offensive Politician

Tom Smith, a Republican Senate candidate from Pennsylvania, was attempting to prove how in-the-know he is about women’s bodies and rape by discounting the ridiculous “legitimate rape” comment that Rep. Todd Akin made last week. Instead, he just ended up saying yet another really stupid and offensive thing by stating that a pregnancy caused by rape is just like “having a baby out of wedlock.” More »

Todd Akin Isn’t Alone: 7 Other Politicians Who Said Really Offensive Things About Rape

Yesterday we all heard about the utterly ridiculous statement that Missouri Rep. Todd Akin made about rape when he claimed that women can’t possibly get knocked up after a “legitimate” rape because we possess super powers to “shut that whole thing down.” Uh, huh. In this day and age, that is something we thought we’d never hear. But I guess we can’t be too surprised because over the years, other politicians have said some really offensive things about rape, too. We’d like to think this will be the end of such ignorance, but somehow we don’t think so! Take a look: More »

Obama Slams Akin Rape Comments, “Men Making Health Care Decisions” For Women

Okay, so it’s not exactly shocking that President Barack Obama, a pro-choice Democrat, is against the “legitimate rape can’t knock you up” hoo-ha spouted by anti-choice GOP Rep. Todd Akin Sunday. Even fellow Republicans, including Mitt Romney, are slamming Akin for his remarks and suggesting he rethink his U.S. Senate bid. Still, I dig that Obama not only dissed Akin’s comments but the whole culture of male politicians making asinine comments about women’s reproductive systems and trying to control our health care choices. More »

Missouri Rep. Todd Akin Thinks Rape Won’t Get You Pregnant; Scarily, He’s Not Alone

You would think that male politicians would have learned by now that it’s rarely a good idea to speak about the female body and what they feel should happen with our uterus–especially in the case of abortion and rape. But nevertheless, yesterday Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri Republican candidate for Senate, said he opposes abortion in all circumstances, even rape, because you can’t possibly get pregnant if you’re “legitimately raped.” More »