Todd Akin

Former Republican U.S. Respresentative from Missouri

• Todd Akin arrested at least 8 times at abortion clinic protests
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• De Facto U.S. Representative William Todd Akin — Felonious De Facto Candidate for U.S. Senate?
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• Chambliss PAC still giving to Akin
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• Paul Ryan and Todd Akin are Twin Brothers on Rape & Abortion Legislation
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• Akin isn't backing down despite efforts from his own party to oust him
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• Todd Akin - Republicans and rape . . .
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• In the Case of a Legitimate Comb-over, the Head Has Ways of Shutting the Whole Thing Down
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  How difficult is it to remember what state you work in and who your current employer is? My guess is that nearly everyone in this country knows the answer to these two simple questions, but you can add Scott Brown to the list of individuals who has difficulty answering them.

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• How I Helped Todd Akin Win — So I Could Beat Him LaterHow I Helped Todd Akin Win — So I Could Beat Him Later
  	Tue Aug 11, 2015 | politico.com It was August 7, 2012, and I was standing in my hotel room in Kansas City about to shotgun a beer for the first time in my life. I had just made the biggest gamble of my...

• Todd Akin Arrested At Least Eight Times At Abortion Clinic ProtestsTodd Akin Arrested At Least Eight Times At Abortion Clinic Protests
  	Sat Nov 03, 2012 | huffingtonpost.com Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin was arrested on four more occasions in the 1980s for trespassing at medical clinics than previously disclosed, according to incident...

• Sen. Chambliss PAC gives to Todd AkinSen. Chambliss PAC gives to Todd Akin
  	Fri Oct 19, 2012 | politico.com Even after the national GOP establishment abandoned him for his “legitimate rape” remark, Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin continued to receive financial support from...

• Todd Akin Proves There Is a War on WomenTodd Akin Proves There Is a War on Women
  	Thu Aug 23, 2012 | usnews.com Leslie Marshall's opinion piece on Akin's antics.

• Obama blasts Todd Akin, Mitt RomneyObama blasts Todd Akin, Mitt Romney
  	Mon Aug 20, 2012 | politico.com President Barack Obama used an unscheduled visit to the White House briefing room to blast Missouri GOP Senate nominee Rep. Todd Akin’s comments on abortion and to launch a...

• Senate Candidate Provokes Ire With ‘Legitimate Rape’ CommentSenate Candidate Provokes Ire With ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment
  	Sun Aug 19, 2012 | nytimes.com In an effort to explain his stance on abortion, Representative Todd Akin, the Republican Senate nominee from Missouri, provoked ire across the political spectrum on Sunday...

• Todd Akin's 8 Arrests at Abortion Clinics

  

  Todd Akin

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  Akin is a longtime pro-life activist and former member of the board of Missouri Right to Life. He was arrested for trespass at least eight times between 1985 and 1988 while demonstrating against abortion in front of abortion clinics in Illinois and Missouri. He has said the protests were peaceful and he would not apologize for standing up for his beliefs. At the time of the arrests, he was using the name "William Akin"; after that period, when he ran for political office, it was as "Todd Akin".
• Todd Akin comments on rape and pregnancy

  

  Todd Akin

  Aug 19 2012

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  In an August 19, 2012 interview aired on St. Louis television station KTVI-TV, Akin was asked his views on whether women who became pregnant due to rape should have the option of abortion. He replied: "Well you know, people always want to try to make that as one of those things, well how do you, how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question. First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child." The comment was widely criticized as false.

• Todd Akin suggests there is no science behind evolution.

  

  Todd Akin

  Oct 12 2012

  I don’t see it as even a matter of science because I don’t know that you can prove one or the other. That’s one of those things. We can talk about theology and all of those other things but I’m basically concerned about, you’ve got a choice between Claire McCaskill and myself. My job is to make the thing there. If we want to do theoretical stuff, we can do that, but I think I better stay on topic.

• Akin believes that rape victims don't get pregnant because their body shuts down.

  

  Todd Akin

  Aug 19 2012

  "From what I understand from doctors, if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing (conception) down."

• Akin compares student government loans to stage III cancer.

  

  Todd Akin

  Aug 06 2012

  "America has got the equivalent of the Stage III cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in. The government needs to get its nose out of the education business."

• Todd Akin "This particular meeting, in a way is a little bit unique. Different people from Washington, DC, have come back to their districts and have town hall meetings, and they almost got lynched."

  

  Todd Akin

  Aug 04 2009

  "This particular meeting, in a way is a little bit unique. Different people from Washington, DC, have come back to their districts and have town hall meetings, and they almost got lynched."

• Todd Akin One of the good pieces of news why we are winning this war is because there are not enough heartless doctors being graduated from medical schools. There is a real shortage of abortionists. Who wants to be at the very bottom of the food chain of medical profession?

  

  Todd Akin

  Jan 2008

  One of the good pieces of news why we are winning this war is because there are not enough heartless doctors being graduated from medical schools. There is a real shortage of abortionists. Who wants to be at the very bottom of the food chain of medical profession?

• Akin thinks doctors preform abortions on women who aren't pregnant.

  

  Todd Akin

  Jan 2008

  "Places that are really a pit. You find that along with the culture of death go all kinds of other law-breaking: not following good sanitary procedure, giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant, cheating on taxes, all these kinds of things, misuse of anesthetics so that people die or almost die."

• Akin calls people who have abortions terrorists

  

  Todd Akin

  Jan 2008

  "It is no big surprise that we fight the terrorists because they are fundamentally un-American, and yet we have terrorists in our own culture called abortionists."