RAPE PREGNANCIES ‘SOMETHING THAT GOD INTENDED TO HAPPEN’
A Republican US Senate candidate has come under fire for suggesting that pregnancies caused by rape were “something God intended to happen”.
Richard Mourdock, standing in a key race in Indiana, made the remarks in a debate with his Democrat opponent.
His comments come two months after those of Missouri Republican Todd Akin, who said women’s bodies had ways of preventing pregnancy after rape.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney distanced himself from Mr Mourdock.
But on Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee released an ad featuring Mr Romney’s recent endorsement of Mr Mourdock…(BBC)
