Why Akin MattersJeff Roberson / APU.S. Representative Todd Akin (R., Mo.) announcing his candidacy for U.S. Senate on May 17, 2011, in Creve Coeur, Mo. Akin, who has said he opposes all abortions, said in the interview if a woman is raped, her body "has ways to shut that whole thing down." We now have Representative Steve King (R., Ostrich) saying that he never heard of a girl getting pregnant because of statutor
