116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Home / Opinion / Letters to the Editor
Akin statement as logical as witch hunts
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Aug. 25, 2012 12:23 pm
I think all women are glad that they aren't living in the days of the Salem witch hunts. If you were accused of being a witch, you were bound, tied to a rock and thrown in the water. If you didn't sink and survived, you were a witch and burned at the stake. If you sank and drowned, you were innocent.
Now comes Congressman Todd Akin, R-Missouri, defining rape. “If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
I take that to mean, if you get pregnant, it's not a rape and if you don't get pregnant, it's a rape. Oh, boy. We need to hold people accountable for their crazy rhetoric and vote accordingly.
Donna Weaver
Cedar Rapids
Opinion content represents the viewpoint of the author or The Gazette editorial board. You can join the conversation by submitting a letter to the editor or guest column or by suggesting a topic for an editorial to editorial@thegazette.com
Daily Newsletters