Senate candidate apologizes, but won’t abandon race

  • By JIM SALTER
    Associated Press
  • Tuesday, August 21th, 2012
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Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., and his wife Lulli, talk Thursday with reporters at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, Mo. Akin apologized Monday for saying in a TV interview that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancies in “a legitimate rape” and that conception is rare in such cases.

Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., and his wife Lulli, talk Thursday with reporters at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, Mo. Akin apologized Monday for saying in a TV interview that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancies in “a legitimate rape” and that conception is rare in such cases.