L is for "legitimate rape."

Missori Senate candidate Todd Akin’s claim that some biological mechanism prevented women who are victims of “legtimate rape” from becoming pregnant helped propel Democrat Claire McCaskill to re-election. Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s assertion that pregnancy from rape was god’s will furthered the GOP’s troubles with women.

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( Christian Gooden, MCT / November 6, 2012 )

Missori Senate candidate Todd Akin’s claim that some biological mechanism prevented women who are victims of “legtimate rape” from becoming pregnant helped propel Democrat Claire McCaskill to re-election. Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s assertion that pregnancy from rape was god’s will furthered the GOP’s troubles with women.

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