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He was voicing the official opinion of the Republican party.
The Plank Committee for the Repub Convention TODAY voted on and confirmed the position that Akins stated.Perhaps you can show me where in the Republican platform it says that women cannot get pregnant when they are forcibly raped. Perhaps I was unclear about which statement was idiotic....no, no, I wasn't. I was very clear.
Certainly Akin has views that are common to the republican party platform. Many Republicans and Democrats have the view that a individual human existence happens some time before birth. Some believe at conception, some believe after the first trimester, some believe after the second trimester. It's a pretty gray area and not every republican believes in or agrees with every plank in the party platform. Nor do they believe everything that every republican politician believes. Just like most democrats don't believe that Guam is going to tip over and capsize because there are too many people on it, like Democrat Representative Hank Johnson suggests
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxF4AmsgaYE 
