The Harsh Politics of Rape Pregnancy

Sue Stugis @ The Institute for Southern Studies - Date on which Congressman Todd Akin, an anti-abortion rights Republican who is running for U.S. Senate in Missouri, wrongly claimed that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant because the "female body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down": 8/19/2012

Year in which Akin, who holds degrees in management engineering and divinity, first joined the House Committee on Science and Technology, where he continues to serve: 2001

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