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密苏里共和党众议员托德.艾肯为了在保守派选民中为自己竞选国会议员造势拉选票而大张旗鼓表明反堕胎立场，说出了令人大跌眼镜的怪话：女性在遭受合法强奸时，受孕系统会自动关闭。言下之意是女性因遭受强奸而受孕的几率极小，所以可以忽略不计，所以堕胎在任何时候都是应该禁止的。“合法强奸” 之说令人发指。此言倒是歪打正着地将其与女性为敌的真面目揭开来了。其实呢，反对妇女有选择堕胎的自由，同认为合法强奸，真的没什么两样，都属于"War on Women"-- 针对女性的战争。

医学专家对于女性遭受强奸时受孕系统的生理反应有何说法？全美妇科医生和产科医生大会于八月二十日发出关于强奸与怀孕的声明（Statement on Rape and Pregnancy）

Each year in the US, 10,000–15,000 abortions occur among women whose pregnancies are a result of reported rape or incest. An unknown number of pregnancies resulting from rape are carried to term. There is absolutely no veracity to the claim that “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down.” A woman who is raped has no control over ovulation, fertilization, or implantation of a fertilized egg (ie, pregnancy). To suggest otherwise contradicts basic biological truths.

Any person forced to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will is the victim of rape, a heinous crime. There are no varying degrees of rape. To suggest otherwise is inaccurate and insulting and minimizes the serious physical and psychological repercussions for all victims of rape.

声明指出，美国每年有一万到一万五千起人工流产是因为妇女遭受强奸或乱伦而怀孕所致。因这种情形受孕的的一部分（数目不明）会将胎儿生出。所谓“如果是合法强奸，女性身体有办法将受孕系统整体关闭”的说法是绝对毫无道理的。一个女人在遭受强奸时是无法控制身体的排卵，受精，以及受精卵的着床（即受孕）。否认这点就违反了生物学的基本道理。

任何违反本人意愿被强迫与人性交的人，无论男女，都是强奸的受害者。强奸是令人发指的罪行。这个罪行没有什么轻重程度之分，没有什么合理合法与否之分；否则是对强奸受害者的侮辱，是对受害者生理和心理伤害的肆意减低忽视。

相关链接：共和党议员失言全美哗然：遭强暴不会怀孕

In an August 19, 2012 interview aired on St. Louis television station KTVI-TV, Akin was asked his views on whether women who became pregnant due to rape should have the option of abortion. He replied:

Well you know, people always want to try to make that as one of those things, well how do you, how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question. First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. 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 on the rapist and not attacking the child.[33]