Todd Akin's recent reference to “legitimate rape” was not the first time the language around rape has triggered a rapid and heated response. House Republicans caused a stir a year ago when they used the term “forcible rape.” Two years ago, Nevada
The latest uproar began when Republican Congressman Todd Akin, who is running for a Senate seat from Missouri, set off an explosion with his response to a radio interviewer's question about abortion rights for rape victims. "It seems to me, first of
Representative Todd Akin has decided to stay in the Missouri senatorial race, bucking the national GOP, which desperately wants him tossed under the bus for the spectacularly stupid “legitimate rape” thing, and you know
Todd Akin may have uttered words that got him in trouble, his actual positions are embraced by many in the mainstream of the Republican Party. Akin voted for a federal marriage amendment twice, just like Paul Ryan and the vast majority of Republicans
American Vision, a Christian nonprofit which seeks to "restore America to its biblical foundation" and to support "Christians apply a Biblical worldview to every facet of society," is accusing Republicans of committing "political gang rape" against Akin.
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