In 2007, Romney Touted Endorsement of Doctor Who Pushed

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In 2007, Romney Touted Endorsement of Doctor Who Pushed "Legitimate Rape" Junk Science

Yesterday, Todd Akin talked about "legitimate rape," and did some mansplainin' on how women who are "legitimately raped" really wouldn't need abortions in any case because their magical lady powers prevent them from getting pregnant in case of real assault. Anyone else is just lyin' about how they got pregnant.

This lesson in voodoo reproductive biology finds it basis in a long line of witch doctors willing to make things up out of thin air in their quest to control women's bodies. One such "doctor" is John Wilke. It turns out that Mitt Romney is tied to Dr. Wilke through a campaign umbilical cord.

Mitt Romney himself welcomed and touted the endorsement of Dr. John Wilke in 2007.

According to a 2007 campaign press release:
http://web.archive.org/web/20071227112415/http:/www.mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/Endorsement_Willke

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Welcoming Dr. Willke's announcement, Governor Romney said, "I am proud to have the support of a man who has meant so much to the pro-life movement in our country. He knows how important it is to have someone in Washington who will actively promote pro-life policies. Policies that include more than appointing judges who will follow the law but also opposing taxpayer funded abortion and partial birth abortion. I look forward to working with Dr. Willke and welcome him to Romney for President."

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/08/20/in-2007-romney-touted-endorsement-doctor-who-pushed-legitimate-rape-junk-science

more on this thanks to SunsetDreams
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021166100

Did Todd Akin get his misinformation on rape and pregnancy from Physicians for Life?
By Dr. Jen Gunter

By now everyone knows that Congressman Todd Akin (Missouri’s 2nd District) thinks some rapes are legitimate and some are, well, apparently not legitimate. We also know that “what he understands from doctors” is that pregnancy from legitimate rape is “really rare” because women can block unwanted pregnancies through a stress response (“shut the whole thing down,” is the actual quote). But just who are these physicians feeding him this misinformation?

My guess is The Physicians for Life. So, I took a little gander at their website…

Here is a direct quote from the Physicians for Life, “Assault rape pregnancies are extremely rare.” The number they come up with is 500 “assault rape” pregnancies/year (yes, Physicians for Life apparently feel the need to qualify only some rapes as “assault,” which they use interchangeably with “forced rape”).

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/did-todd-akin-get-his-misinformation-rape-and-pregnancy-physicians-life

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1. K&R

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2. K&R!!!!!

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3. Oh the WayBack machine is a cruel, cruel mistress...

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4. K & R baby, yeah!

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5. Gave it a rec, here is the kick...

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6. Doctor Who would never endorse Romney.

The Daleks and the Master might, however.