Ex-US Rep. Todd Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, diesFormer conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri has died
By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press
October 4, 2021, 7:59 AM
Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women's bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape” sunk his bid for the U.S. Senate and became a cautionary tale for other GOP candidates, has died. He was 74.
Akin had cancer for several years, his son Perry said in a statement. He died late Sunday at his home in Wildwood, a St. Louis suburb. ...
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