Yes, it is. Akin said:
“It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
Yes, I know the context, and I know that he went on to say that, in any event, he doesn’t support abortion in the case of rape. That’s all well and good. But, the point is that the article you posted (which states that acute stress ‘can’ have an impact on conception) is a far cry from what Akin said. Akin was saying not only that the acute stress can have an impact on conception (that “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down), but also that conception as a result of rape is “really rare.” That goes well beyond the mere possiblity suggested by the article you posted.
“It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
...the point is that the article you posted (which states that acute stress ‘can’ have an impact on conception)...
Those two statements have zero substantive conflict and are nearly identical in content. Akin made no, let me repeat that, NO absolute statement, of any kind, that would indicate to any rational person that he meant that all rapes trigger a stress response in the reproductive system.
That is a true statement regardless of whether the article I linked discusses it or not. PP says it's true. Gov statistics say it's true. Statistical medical studies say it's true.