Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) fortified his stance against abortion on Sunday, even in the case of ****.
In an interview with KTVI-TV, the GOP Senate nominee was asked what his thoughts were on that extreme case. His answer offered no exception.
"From what I understand from doctors, that's really rare," said Akin of pregnancies in that situation. "If it's a legitimate ****, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume maybe that didn't work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the ******."
Akin won a three-way primary on Aug. 7 for the rights to a November battle against incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
McCaskill ****** little time in pouncing on Akin's conservative record, calling him "out of touch" the following day.
"We're going to prove to Missourians that Todd Akin is out of touch with their problems, out of touch with the pain that they feel, and out of touch with the views that they hold dear," she said.
Akin's comments on abortion and **** come less than two weeks after he suggested banning the morning-after pill.
“As far as I’m concerned, the morning-after pill is a form of abortion, and I think we just shouldn’t have abortion in this country,” he said in an Aug.8 interview with KCMO radio.
