| | 密蘇里共和黨眾議員托德.艾肯為了在保守派選民中為自己競選國會議員造勢拉選票而 大張旗鼓表明反墮胎立場，說出了 令人大跌眼鏡的怪話： 女性在遭受合法強姦時，受孕系統會自動關閉。言下之意是女性因遭受強姦而受孕的幾率極小，所以可以忽略不計，所以墮胎在任何時候都是應該禁止的。“合法強姦” 之說令人髮指。此言倒是歪打正着地將其與女性為敵的真面目揭開來了。其實呢，反對婦女有選擇墮胎的自由，同認為合法強姦，真的沒什麼兩樣，都屬於"War on Women"-- 針對女性的戰爭。
醫學專家對於女性遭受強姦時受孕系統的生理反應有何說法？全美婦科醫生和產科醫生大會於八月二十日發出關於強姦與懷孕的聲明 （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.
聲明指出，美國每年有一萬到一萬五千起人工流產是因為婦女遭受強姦或亂倫而懷孕所致。因這種情形受孕的的一部分（數目不明）會將胎兒生出。所謂“如果是合法強姦，女性身體有辦法將受孕系統整體關閉”的說法是絕對毫無道理的。一個女人在遭受強姦時是無法控制身體的排卵，受精，以及受精卵的着床（即受孕）。否認這點就違反了生物學的基本道理。
任何違反本人意願被強迫與人性交的人，無論男女，都是強姦的受害者。強姦是令人髮指的罪行。這個罪行沒有什麼輕重程度之分，沒有什麼合理合法與否之分；否則是對強姦受害者的侮辱，是對受害者生理和心理傷害的肆意減低忽視。
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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]
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