Back to the GOP War on Women

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So, Missouri's Republican Senate candidate:

“First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in an interview posted Sunday. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

So many levels of wrong in that statement. So many.  But what I really want to know is...

What in the hell is a 'legitimate' rape, asshole? 

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ETA: BTW - This asshole is already in the House of Representatives where he's written EIGHT  Personhood (life begins as insemination)  bills that attempted to redefine what lawfully constitutes rape along with co-writer... PAUL RYAN.






ETAII:  The asshat responds:

GOP congressman Todd Akin says he won't end his campaign as Missouri's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. "I don't know that I'm the only person in public office who has suffered from foot-in-mouth disease," said Akin, who appeared on Mike Huckabee's radio show.  (...) Akin also told Huckabee he meant to say "forcible rape" instead of "legitimate rape."

'Cause, it might be one of those consensual rapes. [/snark]