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Obama, McCaskill, Funded Group Failing to Report Child Rape

The national debate over abortion today is focused on comments Missouri Rep. Todd Akin made about abortions in cases of rape and incest that many have called insensitive and have prompted calls for him to stem down from the U.S. Senate race.

However, President Barack Obama and Akin's Democratic opponent Claire McCaskill have supported taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business - which has been repeatedly found to have failed to report suspected cases of s-xual abuse and child rape to authorities.

In one case out of Ohio,a fourteen year old girl was impregnated by her twenty-two year old soccer coach, a man that she and her parents trusted. The coach knew that he needed to get this "problem" taken care of as quietly as possible since the pregnancy was proof of his statutory rape - repeated statutory rape, in fact, that began almost a year earlier. He turned to Planned Parenthood. Ref. Source 4

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Todd Akin Not Quitting

GOP Rep. Todd Akin says he's staying in Senate race despite calls for him to quit because of controversial rape remarks. Ref. CNN

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Todd Akin Threatened

U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a reported threat against Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman who has been criticized for comments he made recently about rape. Akin, who is running for the U.S. Senate, caused a stir when he said in a television interview Sunday that women's bodies have ways of preventing pregnancies in cases of what he called "Legitimate rape." He has apologized repeatedly and has said he misspoke, and has refused demands by top Republicans that he withdraw from the Senate race. Ref. USAToday

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Akin Stays in Missouri Senate Race: "Election, Not a Selection"

Missouri Senate candidate Tod Akin announced today he will stay in the race despite a controversy over remarks he made related to rape and abortions.

"I may not be the favorite candidate of some people within the Republican establishment, but the voters made the decision," he said. "We"re going to be here through the November election and we"re going to be here to win. This is an election, not a selection." Akin called on pro-abortion Sen. Claire McCaskill to leave the race and said the fight between the two candidates would be one over 'two Americas" - one liberal and one conservative. Ref. Source 3

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Woman Conceived in Rape Responds to Akin Abortion Controversy

Rebecca Kiessling, a pro-life attorney from Michigan, fully understands the national debate going on concerning the controversial comments Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin made about abortion and rape. Kiessling was conceived when her mother was victimized by a rapist. "It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, if it's a legitimate rape, that's really rare. The female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," Akin said. "The punishment ought to be on the rapist, and not in attacking the child."

Kiessling responded to the comments saying that the use of the term "legitimate rape" was unnecessary and improper and she gave her advice for how pro-life candidates can thoughtfully and articulately address the sensitive subject of rape and abortion. Ref. Source 1

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Akin and Rape: The Real Issue is Abortion Kills Children

The criticisms of the recent absurd comments by Missouri Republican Rep. Todd Akin - who at this writing is his party's nominee to take on incumbent Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in November in a contest he had been expected to win - have focused on his clearly erroneous understanding of the human female anatomy.

In a now infamous statement, in which he used the bizarre and unheard-of phrase "legitimate rape," the congressman gave the impression that some rapes of women are not mentally or seriously resisted. This is an antediluvian and misogynistic myth for which there is no basis in fact and which has been soundly and justly condemned. Ref. Source 2

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Karl Rove Apologizes About Congressman Akin Being Murdered

According to an AP report: "Republican strategist Karl Rove has apologized to Congressman Todd Akin after joking about the Missouri Senate candidate being murdered. Akin campaign adviser Rick Tyler told The Associated Press that Akin accepted Rove's apology during a phone call Friday. A Rove spokesman didn't return messages Friday from the AP.". Ref. Source 3