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(VIDEO) Akin: “The Female Body has Ways To Try And Shut The Whole Thing Down”


U.S. Representative and Senate candidate Todd Akin is facing a firestorm of criticism for comments he made during an interview with KTVI-TV (Fox-2) in St Louis released over the weekend. Now Akin says he misspoke.

During that interview recorded a week ago, Akin was asked whether abortion should be allowed in the case of rape.

Akin responsed that it’s rare for someone to become pregnant from rape. He said, “The female body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down.” He went on to say that punishment should be on the rapist and not the child.

Democrats started circulating his comment after the show aired citing statistics regarding rape and pregnancy.

“It is beyond comprehension that someone can be so ignorant about the emotional and physical trauma brought on by rape,” said Sen. McCaskill through a statement sent to the television station.

The Akin camp responded with a statement indicating the congressman misspoke.

“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 said. “Those who perpetrate these crimes are the lowest of the low in our society and their victims will have no stronger advocate in the Senate to help ensure they have the justice they deserve.

“But I believe deeply in the protection of all life and I do not believe that harming another innocent victim is the right course of action.”

The McCaskill campaign released a statement on the comments, which she labeled as “offensive.” As a former prosecutor, McCaskill has worked closely with hundreds of rape victims and her campaign says she intimately understands their trauma and pain. She says it is that experience that makes Akin’s statements so outrageous.

“It is beyond comprehension that someone can be so ignorant about the emotional and physical trauma brought on by rape,” said McCaskill. “The ideas that Todd Akin has expressed about the serious crime of rape and the impact on its victims are offensive.”

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