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/ VIDEO: GOP Senate candidate from Missouri ignites firestorm over 'legitimate rape' comment http://www.pri.org/stories/politics-society/video-gop-u-s-senate-candidate-from-missouri-ignites-firestorm-over-comments-about-legitimate-rape-11173.html Politics and Society Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:27:00 -0500 U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, (R-Mo.) a candidate for the U.S. Senate, over the weekend explained that he would ban abortion and didn't believe an exception was necessary in cases of rape -- because he's heard that women's bodies can shut down their reproductive systems and prevent becoming pregnant if they're "legitimately" raped. Alan Green, MD Politics and Society Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:56:42 -0500 I am a board-certified OBGYN and finished my training 36yrs ago. The business about not getting pregnant after rape is pure and simple bunk. People who claim this also think that women who state that they were raped but did not suffer any lacerations are lying because they must have "wanted it" and produced lubrication. PRI: Public Radio International