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I think it's important to take a little extra time to reflect on what is actually at stake in this case:
1) This is regarding paternity cases in which the child was conceived through rape, which is a pretty different set of issues.
2) I think we have a very weak summary of what is actually written in the bill, and what it is exactly that he said, because the press was not actually present. What we do know, according to the Post article, is that his comments made people uncomfortable, and that he was quoting someone who explicitly "instructed juries to be skeptical of rape claims."
I think we can probably agree that a great many people (male and female) will probably say most anything to get or maintain custody of their kids in a loaded situation. But this isn't about divorces, this is about children conceived through rape. So most of the commentary here is pretty specious, in my opinion.
