Ashley Judd at DNC: 'Rape is rape'
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Ashley Judd at DNC: 'Rape is rape'
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CNN's Ashley Killough
Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) - Actress Ashley Judd, a Tennessee delegate at the Democratic National Convention this week, blasted Rep. Todd Akin's recent comments about rape and pregnancy.
"At any time, in any relationship, at any age, and in any place, rape is rape," the movie and television star said at the Ohio Delegation breakfast in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Judd, who earned a master's degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in 2010, argued Akin's comments represent larger policy problems within the Republican Party.
"If we make medically accurate sex education available to boys and girls and women and men, and we make modern family planning available to them, (then) we prevent unintended pregnancy," she said. "We make the need for abortion–except in the case of rape, incest and to save the life of the mother–obsolete."
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/04/ashley-judd-at-dnc-rape-is-rape/
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She is a brilliant & compassionate lady. Pretty is as pretty does, she's gorgeous!
Making us all look good. 
Julie
Ashely Judd Makes No Apologies For Democratic Activism
6:10 AM, Sep 4, 2012
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Judd has been an outspoken, well-traveled activist for feminist and humanitarian causes, including gender equality, public health and alleviating poverty. While she backed out of a Peace Corps assignment to central Africa more than 20 years ago because she was worried she might never get to try acting, she now collects "very emotional narratives from people in brothels and refugee camps and labor camps" and shares them with the United Nations.
She said she was appalled by the recent comments about rape by U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a Republican Senate candidate from Missouri. Akin said a woman's body can stop an unwanted pregnancy caused by a "legitimate rape."
"Barbaric," Judd said. "Inane. I went from being completely speechless to laughing. And unfortunately -- and this is what people are really starting to grasp -- his views are not unique to him. And although there is some scrambling from Republican leaders to distance themselves from his statements, it's what their platform is."
The Republican Party's platform, adopted at last week's convention in Tampa, Fla., doesn't differentiate between types of rape but calls for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
Judd said she believes women tend to support Democratic candidates because the party's platform is stronger on reproductive health and education, with a doubling of the nation's investment in Pell grants. She said 1.3 million private-sector jobs for women have been created during Obama's term.
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http://www.digtriad.com/news/politics/dnc/article/243696/403/Ashely-Judd-Makes-No-Apologies-For-Democratic-Activism
