Scott Walker Shocker: Rape Pregnancies Only an Issue in 'Initial Months'

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Scott Walker Shocker: Rape Pregnancies Only an Issue in 'Initial Months'

By Janet Allon, AlterNet

Walker is outdoing even Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" absurdity.

Scott Walker had already won the Todd Akin “Legitimate Rape” award for sexual cluelessness last week when he talked about how "cool" ultrasounds are for every pregnant woman, whether she's planning on having the baby or not. That's why he supports Wisconsin's mandatory ultrasounds for women seeking abortions. Then darned if he didn’t follow that up this week by demonstating that he knows exactly what it is like to be raped and impregnated. Turns out the Wisconsin gov, presidential aspirant is able to channel the consciousness of a rape or incest survivor. He knows, because he just does, that rape and incest survivors are only concerned about having an abortion  "in the initial months" of pregnancy, television station WKOW reported. After that, they're apparently overjoyed.

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