Gingrey on ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment: Do You Agree?
U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Marietta, touched on the hot-button issue during an address to the Smyrna Area Council of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce. Tell us what you think of Gingrey’s comments.
The phrase “legitimate rape,” uttered by the now former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin last August in the midst of his re-election campaign, is one he and Republicans likely hoped most Republicans would forget last year. Akin’s comments suggesting that victims of "legitimate rape" have a built-in defense against pregnancy likely played a factor in the Missouri Republican's political defeat in November. While Akin’s comments became part of the political landscape in 2012, they have resurfaced in the early days of 2013, but this time in Georgia. U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Marietta, said as he spoke to the Smyrna Area Council of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce that the former representative was “partly right.” Here’s what Gingrey, an OB-GYN who also …
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Patrick Thompson
3:39 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
This is not a man of science. This is not a happily married Christian. This is not someone who is up to date with women. This is not a legislator who represents more than half of us. This is someone who sees women as a paycheck. This is a pure politician reading a script. He's not a legitimate representative of the people. more ›