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“It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape is] really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” -Rep. Todd Akin, Missouri Senate candidate

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“It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape is] really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” -Rep. Todd Akin, Missouri Senate candidate

For more on Akin’s comments, and the reactions from both sides: