Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ As first deadline looms, Akin resists calls to withdraw from Senate race http://www.pri.org/stories/politics-society/as-first-deadline-looms-akin-resists-calls-to-withdraw-from-senate-race-11193.html Politics and Society Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:00:00 -0500 Todd Akin, the Republican Congressman running for U.S. Senate, is resisting growing calls by fellow Republicans to withdraw from the race in the wake of comments on Sunday where he said women who are "legitimately raped" have ways of shutting down their own reproductive systems so they don't get pregnant. PRI: Public Radio International