In case you're wondering whether a single remark can become the lede of your obituary...

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/04/todd-akin-dies-514988

Akin represented a Republican-leaning eastern Missouri district that included St. Louis-area suburbs for 12 years, giving up a safe seat to run for the U.S. Senate in 2012. He emerged from a crowded GOP primary to challenge then-incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, only to seriously hurt Republicans’ chances of recapturing a Senate majority less than two weeks later.

Akin, a strong abortion opponent, was asked during an interview by a St. Louis television station whether he supported allowing abortions for women who have been raped. He answered that “from what I understand from doctors” that such pregnancies are “really rare.”

He added: “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

His comments sparked an outcry. The Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, immediately rebuked Akin and said his campaign would allow abortions in such cases.

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[dutch777]

1. We cringe at such remarks...but not sure the MAGA clan does

Not even the women, which amazes me.

[thucythucy]

2. I ran into this nonsense years and years ago

when I was a volunteer at a rape crisis center.

It's a common myth among anti-choice zealots, their way of dodging any guilt about banning abortions in cases of rape and incest.

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. I know there are two words I do not want in my obituary...

"Dental Records"