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Rape Pregnancy = Will of God?

by Josh Marshall
10.23.12 | 4:07 pm

GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock tells debate audience rape is no exception for abortion because rape pregnancies are “something that god intended to happen.”

Interestingly, just yesterday Mitt Romney appeared in a new TV ad supporting Mourdock’s candidacy.

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