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Todd Akin In 2008: Doctors Give Abortions To Women Who Aren't Pregnant
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Edited | RBH Oct 02, 2012 11:09pm |
| Category | Idiocy |
| News Date | Oct 02, 2012 11:00pm |
| Description | Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin sparked national outrage in August when he justified his opposition to abortion by claiming that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant because "the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." However, the Republican congressman's now-infamous remarks are not the first time he's made a scientifically questionable statement on abortion.
As Slate's Amanda Marcotte reported Tuesday, Akin gave a speech on the House floor in 2008 denouncing abortion providers as "terrorists," claiming that they sometimes perform abortions on women who "are not actually pregnant" |
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