Archive

Mourdock Makes Controversial Rape Claim

THIS AGAIN?

Senate candidate says pregnancy something ‘“God intended.”

cheats/2012/10/23/mourdock-makes-controversial-rape-claim/richard-mourdock-cs_sj9geh
Michael Conroy / AP Photo

Todd Akin and Joe Walsh, here’s a third member for your posse. Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Tuesday that pregnancy resulting from rape can be “something that God intended to happen.” The comments came during a debate. “I came to realize life is that gift from God,” he said. “And I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.” The Romney campaign immediately issued a statement distancing themselves from the candidate, saying "Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock's comments, and they do not reflect his views." Talk about déjà vu.

Read it at The Washington Post