Why 'legitimate' rape and other myths are alive and dangerous

Friday, August 24, 2012 - 08:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

(Medical Xpress)—When US Republican Todd Akin declared earlier this week that it is impossible or "really rare" for a woman to become pregnant as a result of a "legitimate rape" because "the female body has ways to try and shut the whole thing down" it wasn't just the feminist blogosphere that went on high alert.

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