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This foolishness just defies logic. From theGrio: "Akin, a six-term congressman running against incumbent Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill, was asked in an interview broadcast Sunday on St. Louis television station KTVI if he would support abortions for women who have been raped. 'It seems to me first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare,' Akin said. 'If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,' Akin said of a rape victim’s chances of becoming pregnant."
The conservative Republican is now backtracking, after the swift outcry: "Akin said in an emailed statement later Sunday that he 'misspoke' during the interview, though the statement did not specify on which points or comments. 'In reviewing my off-the-cuff remarks, it’s clear that I misspoke in this interview and it does not reflect the deep empathy I hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year,' Akin’s statement said."
