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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>And speaking of </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> OSPS-EWG and BEMs meet the Republican </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>candidate running in Missouri.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican nominee for Senate in Missouri who is running against Sen. Claire McCaskill, justified his opposition to abortion rights even in case of rape with a claim that victims of “legitimate rape” have unnamed biological defenses that prevent pregnancy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>“First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in an interview <a href="http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/">posted</a> Sunday. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Akin said that even in the worst-case scenario — when the supposed natural protections against unwanted pregnancy fail — abortion should still not be a legal option for the rape victim. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rose Huskey<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>