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IGNORANT COMMENTS ON RAPE BY GOP SENATE CANDIDATE SPARK NATIONAL FUROR

 

 Amid controversy, Republican Party adopts platform calling for ban on all abortions, including rape victims
 
By Nadin Abbott
 
August 22, 2012 (Washington D.C.) – A U.S. Senate candidate’s false belief that  pregnancies from rape are rare has sparked national outrage.  The incident also reveals fissures in the Republican party-drawing attention to the party’s new plank calling for all abortions to be outlawed—and revealing just how unpopular the  party’s extremist platform is with women. 

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