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Congressman: Pregnancy Rarely Results From 'Legitimate Rape'

During an interview yesterday, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), who is currently locked in a heated Senate race, said that women rarely become pregnant in cases of “legitimate rape” because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” What do you think?

John Kazan • Systems Analyst

“I’m sure he’s very sorry and what he meant to say was nothing at all.”

John Kazan • Systems Analyst

Melinda Suchet • Abrasive Grinder

“Oh, yeah, the shutting-it-down trick! How could billions of us all have forgotten that exists?”

Melinda Suchet • Abrasive Grinder

Don Langrick • Bonsai Culturist

“When are women going to face the fact that they don’t know their own bodies as well as men who have heard things?”

Don Langrick • Bonsai Culturist




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