The Danger Of Laughing At Todd Akin

How Akin's Rape Remarks Pose A Serious Threat
Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin talks with a reporter during the Governor's Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin talks with a reporter during the Governor's Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

The twitter-sphere went nuts yesterday after a video was posted of Missouri senate candidate, Todd Akin, expressing some jaw-dropping views on rape and abortion in an interview with local news:

First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in an interview Sunday. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

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