Rep. Todd Akin: No pregnancy from 'legitimate rape' If there is something everyone can agree on, it would seem that the idea that rape can result in unwanted pregnancy would be right up there at the top of the list. Senate Candidate's Comments on Rape Stir Outcry US Senate candidate, Mo. congressman Todd Akin stirs outcry with comments on rape, pregnancy Todd Akin: "Legitimate rape" stops pregnancy Sen. Claire McCaskill's GOP opponent says "the female body has ways to try to shut down that whole thing" Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate: 'Legitimate rape' rarely causes pregnancy Last updated at 9:02 p.m. with the Romney campaign's response. Rep. Todd Akin, the newly-christened GOP Senate nominee in Missouri, said in an interview airing Sunday that "legitimate rape" rarely causes pregnancy. Read full article >> Romney rebukes Akin rape remark Says he disagrees with statement from Mo. Rep. Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate, who said women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of rape The Caucus: Senate Candidate's Comments on Rape Draw Criticism Representative Todd Akin of Missouri asserted that victims of "a legitimate rape" have biological mechanisms to prevent pregnancy. Akin: Misspoke about 'legitimate' rape ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri says he "misspoke" when he said rape victims have a natural ability to avoid pregnancy if the rape is "legitimate." Todd Akin: Pregnancy from rape is 'rare' Todd Akin, a six-term congressman running against incumbent Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill, was asked in an interview that aired Sunday on St. Louis television station KTVI if he would support abortions for women who have been raped. Mo. Rep. Todd Akin: Rape rarely leads to pregnancy Mo. GOP senate candidate says in an interview the female body "has ways to shut that whole thing down" after a rape Akin says he 'misspoke' about rape in interview Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, the conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate, quickly backed off comments that aired earlier Sunday, in which he told an interviewer that a woman's body "has ways" to prevent pregnancy during rape and that such pregnancies are "really rare."
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