It is also, I think, a mistake to assume that women understand any more about reproductive biology in general. That vein of ignorance runs deep and wide and indiscriminately through American society.

And finally, I really don’t think that the ignorance of politicians is at all the point. Romney and Perry and the like don’t care in the least about the ramifications of their positions. They only care about whose vote they can win by endorsing them. Viewed in that light, I suppose Maddow’s segment wasn’t a waste, because it’s the voters who need to understand what their votes entail, but I frankly think that this is a political non-issue, because the same people who’d support a Life at Conception Amendment are the ones who mostly believe that contraception is a force for societal ill anyway and wouldn’t be any real loss.

In all, I feel like I – a biologist, extremely well-versed in these matters, and about as liberal an individual as you can find – was attacked, and not for any good reason. Mitt Romney is a bad man, and the people who support him either can’t see that or don’t care and aren’t going to change their votes based on something like this.