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GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Calls Rape Pregnancies A ‘Gift From God’

Ian Millhiser and Travis Waldron, at ThinkProgress, on another ‘yikes’ moment from a GOP Senate candidate: “In his post-debate press conference, Mourdock repeatedly asserted that he believes “God creates life” but, seemingly contradicting his own remarks from the debate, said God does not “pre-ordain[] rape.”“