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Todd Akin: I regret rape comments
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Apr 26, 2013 12:28pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | KEVIN ROBILLARD |
| News Date | Friday, April 26, 2013 11:45:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Rep. Todd Akin says he regrets his infamous “legitimate rape” comment and may consider a return to politics in the future.
“Of course I would,” Akin told KDSK in St. Louis on Thursday when asked if he would take the “legitimate rape” comments back. “I’ve relived them too many times. But that is not reality.”
Akin, a veteran congressman, was in a close race with Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) when he suggested it wasn’t necessary to allow abortion after rape because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Akin’s comments drew fire from all sides, national Republicans briefly abandoned him and he ended up losing the race by 15 points. |
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