I'd rather see people running for senate to answer questions properly. "It's not the baby's fault" would have been a proper answer. Doctor's say it's rare without using a term like "legitimate" which is bad. He's probably trying to differentiate between statutory and forced.
Guess what! He more or less did. Hype, in this case, seems to rule.
Todd Akin, GOP Senate candidate: ‘Legitimate rape’ rarely causes pregnancy
“But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.”
How something is written matters. Partial write ups, or "Twitter" write ups, tend to leave important things out and that's usually on purpose.
A "media firestorm", indeed.
Dance, children, dance.
Burn, baby, burn.
The worst part was when he went into the whole “a woman’s body has a way to shutdown the whole process....”
Its nonsense. He made himself look bad today, and its one of those comments that there is coming back from. His election chances at this point are non-existent. From what I understand, if he steps down before the 22nd, someone else can take his place, whatever that happens to require, it needs to be done, and soon.