claim: u.s. senate candidate todd akin was "partly right" that a woman's body has a way of shutting down so that a pregnancy doesn't occur if she's raped.
author: phil gingrey
evidence_1: william todd akin (born july 5, 1947) is an american politician who is a former  u.s. .... in 2000, akin ran in the republican primary election to fill the house seat  ... during his 2012 us senate bid, akin reaffirmed his opposition to legislation  like the .... if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that  whole ...
evidence_2: u.s. senate candidate todd akin was "partly right" that a woman's body has a  way of shutting down so that a pregnancy doesn't occur if she's raped.
evidence_3: during the 2012 united states election cycle, in federal and state elections, a  series of .... if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that  whole thing down. .... republicans made multiple calls for akin to step down as  nominee. ... said akin's comments were "partly right" when he said women's  bodies can ...
evidence_4: “that's not a republican women's club that we were having this morning,” he  said. ... “if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that thing down. ” on 19 august 2012, u.s. representative todd akin of missouri, a republican  .... santorum: well, you can make the argument that if she doesn't have this  baby, if ...
evidence_5: jan 14, 2013 ... todd akin, the republican nominee for u.s. senate in missouri, ... “if it's a  legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that ... rape, a woman's  body has a way of shutting down so the pregnancy would not occur. ... he said  akin “was partially right … and yet the media took that and tore it apart.