A female Republican congressional candidate said on the campaign trail in Virginia that rape victims are less likely to become pregnant because it isn't something that's happening organically.
While being asked if she thought the Supreme Court would end the federal right to abortion, she made eyebrow-raising comments.
The audio recording of the remarks was published on Monday. After affirming her belief for state-level restrictions on abortion, she said she drew on her experience as a Prince William County supervisor and a sheriff's deputy.
The left will ask what about rape or incest. A person can be heard telling another person. I work for a law enforcement agency. I joined the police force in 2011. A young woman became pregnant after being raped.
There are exceptions to the abortion ban.
When asked if it was harder for a woman to get pregnant if she had been raped, she replied that it was.
There is a lot going on in the body. I have no idea. I have yet to see any studies. It wouldn't surprise me if I'm processing what you're telling me. It's not happening organically. You're making it happen. There is truth to that because the individual is doing it as quickly as possible. It's sad.
She wrote in a statement that she was a mother of two and was aware of how women get pregnant. The authenticity of the audio was not denied by her campaign.
She won the GOP primary last week. She was endorsed by Ted Cruz and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who agreed with the court's decision to overturn the abortion law.
Todd Akin, who lost his 2012 Senate race when he said that rape victims rarely get pregnant, made similar comments. Akin, who died last year, said in an interview that the female body could try to shut that thing down.
Almost three million women in the U.S. have had rape-related pregnancies. According to the Guttmacher Institute, cases of abortion from rape are very rare.
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