• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / News / Senator Grassley calls Akin’s comments “stupid”

Senator Grassley calls Akin’s comments “stupid”

August 21, 2012 By Matt Kelley

After a Missouri Congressman made controversial statements about rape and the inner workings of the female body, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says it might be best if Todd Akin abandons his run for U.S. Senate. Akin said last weekend that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancy if they’re the victim of what he called “legitimate rape.”

Grassley, a fellow Republican, characterizes Akin’s statements as “stupid.” “He is the candidate today so he ought to consider whether or not his statements are going to hurt the chances of Republicans taking over the United States Senate,” Grassley says. “The greater good for the United States would be that we have another candidate for the Senate in Missouri.”

Grassley notes that Akin made his comments during an appearance on a nationally-broadcast radio show during a discussion about abortion in the case of rape or incest. Grassley says, “I would imagine that he would consider himself pro-life and I consider myself pro-life but I believe that his statements expressed a great deal of insensitivity about the issue generally and particularly about how women would react.”

Grassley says he doesn’t know Akin and doesn’t think he’s ever interacted with him. In the long-running debate over a woman’s reproductive rights, Grassley says, “Wherever we can change the attitude towards abortion, we ought to try to do it, but you can’t do it by being insensitive.”

“An attack of rape is about as bad an attack that you can have if you’re a female,” Grassley says. “You ought to express sensitivity for it even if you don’t have an understanding of it.” Akin apologized Monday for his comments.

He’s served six terms in the U.S. House and has said he will continue on in his race for U.S. Senate, facing Democrat Claire McCaskill in November.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Chuck Grassley, Republican Party

Featured Stories

Final employee who was there at the launch of the Iowa Lottery to retire

No more USPS mail in Iowa prisons; inmates to get copies of mail

State officials warn of influx of fake prescription drugs laced with fentanyl

‘Brain-eating amoeba’ discovered in Taylor County lake

Cedar Rapids therapist’s relationship with student leads to years in prison

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Hutchinson calls Iowa State a perfect fit

Northern Iowa’s Farley touts new practice facility

First minor league game gets things started tonight at Field of Dreams site

Knoxville set to host sprint car racing’s biggest event

Iowa State basketball builds on its identity

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2022 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC