A group called the Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant by Sexual
Assault (WPSA) is responding to the national debate about rape and
abortion. The debate re-started thanks to controversial comments
Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin made about “forcible rape.”
Heather Wilson, Deana Schroeder and other members of The Ad Hoc
Committee of Women Pregnant By Sexual Assault have penned a column in
response. They are demanding that their voices be heard and upset that
many assume women who became pregnant after rape want an abortion.
Their column follows:
We are members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant by Sexual
Assault (WPSA). This group was formed eight years ago to petition
Congress to hold hearings on the issue of abortion in cases of pregnancy
resulting from rape or incest. So far, however, this petition has not
been heard by political leaders on either side of the aisle, or by most
in the pro-choice or pro-life communities.
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