ideas. the ones that were behind his comment. joining me now is michelle goldberg author of the means of reproduction, sex, power, and the future of the world. always good to see you. you, too. you have done as much work on this, reproductive politics as anyone. so if you take akin s somewhat bizarre comment out of the fold, get rid of his odd biology lesson, how in or out of the republican or pro life mainstream are his actual policy idea? that s what s so fascinating. his ideas about reproductive biology have some precedent in the pro life movement, including this guy, john wilke, who was a major romney surrogate in 2008. but that aside, this belief there should be no exceptions in cases of rape and incest, no exceptions really except to save the life of the mother, has gone in a really short amount of time from being a fringe position in the republican party to being the normative position in the
aside and i think he should accept their counsel and exit the senate race. he knows another day has gone by without the discussion of the economy, indeed, today, democrats have labeled the human life amendment of the gop platform the akin plank. romney wants this to stop. but todd akin doesn t want to stop. he wants to win. and then he wants to go to washington and fight for his ideas. the ones that were behind his comment. joining me now is michelle goldberg author of the means of reproduction, sex, power, and the future of the world. always good to see you. you, too. you have done as much work on this, reproductive politics as anyone. so if you take akin s somewhat bizarre comment out of the fold, get rid of his odd biology lesson, how in or out of the republican or pro life mainstream are his actual policy idea? that s what s so fascinating. his ideas about reproductive
washington and fight for his ideas. the ones that were behind his comment. joining me now is michelle goldberg author of the means of reproduction, sex, power, and the future of the world. always good to see you. you, too. you have done as much work on this, reproductive politics as anyone. so if you take akin s somewhat bizarre comment out of the fold, get rid of his odd biology lesson, how in or out of the republican or pro life mainstream are his actual policy idea? that s what s so fascinating. his ideas about reproductive biology have some precedent in the pro life movement, including this guy, john wilke, who was a major romney surrogate in 2008. but that aside, this belief there should be no exceptions in cases of rape and incest, no exceptions really except to save the life of the mother, has gone in a really short amount of time from being a fringe position in the republican party to being the normative position in the republican party.