When Todd Akin said that women who had been raped were at little risk of getting pregnant because their bodies had "ways to try to shut that whole thing down" he didn't misspeak, though that's what he claimed. He spoke all too clearly about a conservative worldview based on a pseudo-medical fact that has gained remarkable legitimacy and has had a pernicious effect on women's health. The formula is simple: draw from an ideologically motivated, fringe medical opinion manufactured to support conservative policy goals. Repeat these assertions often enough that they gain a patina of fact among conservatives. Often, these dubious claims are made by just one doctor, like John C. Willke, former head...
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