Missouri Senate candidate's comments on rape stir outcry Rep. Akin Pregnancy from is 'really rare' Todd 'Legitimate Rape' Says He Won't Drop Out of Race as Almost Entire GOP Abandons Him [Todd Akin] “Legitimate Rape ” & The Republican War On Women candidate apologizes but won't abandon race Cornyn Mo. should weigh future admits he was wrong in for comment Abortion' Comments Could Hurt Romney and Ryan campaign chief has 24 hours to consider 'what best' Obama condemns Akin's 'legitimate rape' 'illconceived' remarks step aside flub puts abortion at center debate Former senator say stay Candidate Watch Congressman says rarely leads pregnancy backs off that does not lead McCaskill a 'gut check' voters Claire trails all three potential opponents

Todd Akin says he will stay in Senate race as GOP pressure mounts for him to quit National Review, GOP leaders call for him to quit Todd Akin's 'legitimate rape' claim: Will it cost Republicans the Senate? The Missouri Republican makes a dubious statement about abortion, handing an unexpected lifeline to his Democratic opponent, embattled Sen. Claire McCaskill Todd Akin And The Mystery Of Women's Bodies Women are mysterious. That is what men love to say. It is a two-pronged statement: on the one hand, it feels like a compliment. "You are so mysterious! Beguiling, alluring, unknowable...? It makes us feel a little like Greta Garbo. On the other hand, it's a stereotype that perpetuates women as "other."  In other words, because we are not men, we are mysterious. We are not the norm. We are ... Republicans Decry Todd Akin's Rape Remarks After Representative Todd Akin's remark about "legitimate rape," some Republican senators urged him to end his campaign or consider doing so. Akin Won't Quit After Rape Comments Missouri Congressman Todd Akin said today that he would not resign his candidacy for the U.S. Senate despite calls for him to quit by two prominent Republican senators following his comments about "legitimate rape." Todd Akin under pressure to quit as rape comments threaten GOP races Remarks that women can't get pregnant from 'legitimate rape' draw condemnation from senior members of Akin's own party The Republican candidate at the centre of a firestorm over his claim that "legitimate rape" rarely results in pregnancy is facing growing pressure to stand down as the row threatens to undermine both the party's White House and Senate campaigns. Todd Akin, a Tea Party-backed ... A Todd Akin defense TAMPA–The head of the Family Research Council's political action committee Monday said the group supports Rep. Todd Akin "fully and completely" and urged fellow Republicans to find "backbone" to support the embattled Missouri Senate candidate. Read full article >> Todd Akin apologizes for 'ill-conceived' remarks, won't step aside Republican U.S. Senatecandidate Todd Akin conceded that his controversial comments about "legitimate rape" were "ill conceived" and "wrong," but insisted in a radio interview Monday that he would not give up his campaign to replace Claire McCaskill as U.S. senator from Missouri. Missouri Congressman Todd Akin's rape comment sparks controversy "It seems to me first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare," Akin said. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," Akin said of a rape victim's chances of becoming pregnant. Obama says "rape is rape" GOP Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin apologizes for "legitimate rape" comment but won't drop out of race
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