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Missouri Senate Race 2012

Todd Akin: 'Of Course' I Regret 'Legitimate Rape' Comments

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics
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Nearly six months removed from a failed U.S. Senate run, former Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) is expressing remorse for his controversial "legitimate rape" c...

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Todd Akin Faces Uphill Battle

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 12.12.2012 | Politics
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More than a month after failing to secure a seat in the U.S. Senate, Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) is still plagued by lingering bills. The Hill reports t...

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McCaskill Cracks Akin Joke

Arnold Patch | Posted 10.31.2012 | Politics
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With less than a week to go before the election, Sen. Claire McCaskill made her rounds today in Arnold and South County....

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WATCH: Todd Akin Ad Slams Claire McCaskill's 'Arrogance'

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 10.27.2012 | Politics
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With less than two weeks left in his rocky Missouri Senate campaign ride, Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) has released a new attack ad targeting Sen. Claire Mc...

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Akin Repeatedly Arrested During 1985 Abortion Protests

AP | Posted 10.23.2012 | Politics
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ST LOUIS -- Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin was repeatedly arrested during anti-abortion protests in the 1980s, including at least once when polic...

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LISTEN: Todd Akin Compares Claire McCaskill To A Dog

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 10.22.2012 | Politics
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With a little more than two weeks until Election Day, GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin's Saturday fundraiser was highlighted by a questionable analogy. ...

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Todd Akin Blasts 'Terrorist' Abortion Providers For Giving Abortions To Women Who Aren't Pregnant

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 10.03.2012 | Politics
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Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin sparked national outrage in August when he justified his opposition to abortion by claiming that victims of "legit...

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Todd Akin Aide Defends 'Ladylike' Comment

BuzzFeed | Posted 10.01.2012 | Politics
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Washington, D.C. — Republicans close to Rep. Todd Akin dismissed his apparent weakness among female voters as a matter of "optics" and see their pat...

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Akin Rebuilding After Rape Remark

AP | DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 11.23.2012 | Politics
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Written off by many in his own party a mere month ago, Republican Rep. Todd Akin has been slowly rebuilding his Senate cam...

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Colo. Senator's Sound Advice To Todd Akin: Avoid 'Explosive Boners'

Posted 08.21.2012 | Denver
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From his Facebook page, Colorado Sen. Shawn Mitchell (R-Broomfield) has advised GOP U.S. Senate candiate Todd Akin to avoid "explosive boners" regardi...

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Todd Akin: It's Not a War on Women, It's a War on Critical Thinking and Democracy

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 10.20.2012 | Politics
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Soraya Chemaly

What Todd Akin said and believes doesn't just play into a media-catchy, election year "war on women" narrative. It's part of a reactionary, fundamentalist backlash to modernity. It's a war on science. It's a war on facts. It's a war on critical thinking.

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Laura Bassett

Rape Victim Reacts To Todd Akin Comment: Delivering 'Baby Of A Rapist' Is 'Torture'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 08.20.2012 | Politics
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Anita Law of Jacksonville, Fla., said that she was raped by an acquaintance when she was a 19-year-old student at the University of Maryland and that ...

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Mark Blumenthal

Will Rape Comments Erase Akin's Lead?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 08.20.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- With Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) embroiled in controversy over remarks that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant, political handi...

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GOP Senate Candidate: Victims Of 'Legitimate Rape' Rarely Get Pregnant

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 08.19.2012 | Politics
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Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) justified his extreme opposition to abortion by claiming that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant. In an interv...

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