Senate Candidate from Missouri Stirs Outrage with ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment

The New York Times: Senate Candidate Provokes Ire With 'Legitimate Rape' Comment, by John Eligon & Michael Schwartz:

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In an effort to explain his stance on abortion, Representative Todd Akin, the Republican Senate nominee from Missouri, provoked ire across the political spectrum on Sunday by saying that in instances of what he called “legitimate rape,” women’s bodies somehow blocked an unwanted pregnancy. . . .

 

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