Todd Akin, former Republican congressman from Missouri known for „legitimate rape“ anti-abortion comment, has died. He was 74.
Todd Akin, the former Republican congressman from Missouri perhaps most known for his bizarre and false comments about rape, died Sunday at the age of 74. Akin, who served 12 years in the House, baselessly claimed in 2012 that women’s bodies are capable of preventing pregnancy during rape. The comment, made during his 2012 Senate bid to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill, drew national outcry and quickly turned him into a pariah among some Republicans, including presidential nominee Mitt Rommey. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” Akin said during an interview with a local TV station.
