Back to the Books guys!!

Whenever I hear about this reheated nonsense from the Republican anti-choice section (including the presidential running mate, Ryan) about ‘illegal’ versus what?...legal rape?.... ‘God wanted pregnancies by means of rape’ as well as claims about a woman’s ability to ‘shut that whole thing down’ (what exactly do you mean by that, Toddy??) to prevent impregnation in the event of a sexual assault, I am - to say the least - confused. Why are the befuddled thoughts of these old farts (the quotes stem from speeches by Ryan, Mourdock and Akin respectively) given any consideration other than as a proof of their insanity? In fact, why are these men in the limelight at all? And, frankly, how could it possibly be that they are running for office? What a sad nation that not only continues to listen to this low caliber Republican babble!! Or, differently put, why isn’t there a much more needed debate going on about extending welfare for single parent (mostly female) headed households, maternity leave, child support as well as quality child care, while at the same time improving the prosecution of sexual offenders, enforcing tougher sentences and introducing hormonal sterilization as a measure to better protect society from hormonally challenged aggressive males? Why are they and, sadly, even we more up-to-date Old Worlders paying more attention to this pathetic male ramble than proposing palatable solutions to the underlying issue of trying to reduce abortion rates by improving the lives of mothers? Someone needs to do their homework!!