反對墮胎與合法強奸

密蘇裏共和黨眾議員托德.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： 女性在遭受合法強奸時，受孕係統會自動關閉。言下之意是女性因遭受強奸而受孕的幾率極小，所以可以忽略不計，所以墮胎在任何時候都是應該禁止的。“合法強奸” 之說令人發指。此言倒是歪打正著地將其與女性為敵的真麵目揭開來了。其實呢，反對婦女有選擇墮胎的自由，同認為合法強奸，真的沒什麽兩樣，都屬於"War on Women"-- 針對女性的戰爭。

醫學專家對於女性遭受強奸時受孕係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奸與懷孕的聲明 （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奸或亂倫而懷孕所致。因這種情形受孕的的一部分（數目不明）會將胎兒生出。所謂“如果是合法強奸，女性身體有辦法將受孕係統整體關閉”的說法是絕對毫無道理的。一個女人在遭受強奸時是無法控製身體的排卵，受精，以及受精卵的著床（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，都是強奸的受害者。強奸是令人發指的罪行。這個罪行沒有什麽輕重程度之分，沒有什麽合理合法與否之分；否則是對強奸受害者的侮辱，是對受害者生理和心理傷害的肆意減低忽視。 

相關鏈接：共和黨議員失言全美嘩然：遭強暴不會懷孕       

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] 

相關鏈接：

"我可以騷，你不能擾”與“強奸文化”
落幕泥信誓旦旦支持墮胎（2002年）
賴安與艾肯意見一致 
Hillary Clinton: Extremists want to control women 
ChooseRyanloseChoice 
Wake Up! It's Not Just Akin 
Campaign 2012: It’s the war on women, stupid       

[偶燈斯陋]

回複歡顏展卷林中閑坐的評論:哦

謝謝歡顏展卷林中閑坐的評論

[歡顏展卷林中閑坐]

It's a software bug :-)

[偶燈斯陋]

回複歡顏展卷林中閑坐的評論:
It's been "Each year in the US, 10,000–15,000 abortions occur among women whose pregnancies are a result of reported rape or incest. " all along, and all the time. I wonder where you got this "10,00015,000 abortions"?
But thanks for reading!

[歡顏展卷林中閑坐]

"10,00015,000 abortions" should read
"10,000-15,000 abortions"

[偶燈斯陋]

按照醫學專家的話，強奸就是強奸："There are no varying degrees of rape." 那麽使用任何詞匯來修飾"強奸",都會觸犯眾怒. 不管你是如何理解,是理解成"正當" 也好,"合理"也好,"合法"也好,還是 "法定（意義上的）強奸", 非"法定（意義上的）強奸",“真是發生了強奸”, 還是沒有“真是發生了強奸”等等等等, 都沒有任何本質區別.

艾肯此言一出，其實不算"用詞不慎",他就是為了反對婦女有人工流產的自由,反對墮胎,想將人工流產的權利堵截至絕路,故而在"強奸"上找出口; 他找到的借口就是將"強奸"分成legitimate or not,可惜,老百姓不買他的帳，婦女們也不買他的賬。

問題是這位艾肯同誌是保羅.賴安的親密戰友，去年兩人一塊起草禁止聯邦經費被用於人工流產除非是強奸的緣故，結果遭到婦女反對，沒有成功。他還是美國眾議院裏科技委員會的成員，靠這樣的人來領導這個國家的科技？