August 30, 2012

Liberals and the Politicization of Rape

By Trevor Thomas
Liberals love to talk about rape -- at least those who are apologists for the abortion industry do.  When GOP Missouri senatorial candidate Todd Akin did his best Joe Biden impression and inserted both feet into his mouth over abortion, "legitimate rape," and the shutting down of the female body, liberals across the U.S. were falling all over themselves to paint Republicans as heartless Neanderthals and further the "war on women" narrative. The Democrats have now gone so far as to turn the Democrat National Convention into an "abortion-palooza," as Ed Morrissey of Hot Air puts it.  The lib love-fest will feature such speakers as Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund; Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America; and Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University student who spoke before Congress in favor of federal funding for birth control. Liberals claim that Akin's words were demeaning to rape victims, yet for decades they have shamelessly used...(Read Full Article)