A physician and former president of the National Right to Life
Committee, Willke was an “important surrogate” for Romney’s 2008
presidential bid. Willke is the oft-cited source of the theory that
rape-related pregnancies are “rare.” The theory is sometimes used by
antiabortion advocates to argue that abortion laws should not contain
exceptions for pregnancies that result from rape or incest.
Willke
believes that trauma caused by violent rape causes a woman’s
reproductive system to shut down. He presents this belief as fact in
educational materials, including a book about abortion and a website
called abortionfacts.com. Willke’s views – and his role in promoting a
theory that has been widely rejected in modern medicine – appear not to
have concerned Romney in 2007, when he touted Willke’s endorsement..............
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