Trying to explain is now irrelevant. He just made the Republican party the official anti-science, pro-rape party in this country and the only way for him to stop it was by stepping down.
Now every Republican candidate IN THE COUNTRY has the pleasure of answering “what do you think rape is?” and “do agree with your colleague and fellow like-minded Republican Mr. Akin on female physiology?”
The Republican Party of Missouri must have the power to tell him to take a hike. If they do, they should tell him to gracefully step down, or else the party will forcibly remove him.