PBS NewsHour
| Nov 6, 2012
Once considered a sure GOP win, Missouri Rep. Todd Akin lost his Senate race to Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill. Many in the party turned their back on Akin after he said victims of "legitimate rape" don't get pregnant. His defiant concessi...
Al Jazeera English
| Aug 29, 2012
As debate rages over Republican positions on abortion and contraception, we ask if a war is being waged on women's rights. Guests Judy Norsigian and Frank Schaeffer discuss.
Photograph: A demonstrator shouts "Stop the War on Women" during a speec...
Democracy Now!
| Aug 21, 2012
Republicans are mounting increasing pressure on Missouri Rep. Todd Akin to end his bid to unseat Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill after he claimed that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of what he called "legitimate rape," a comme...
Al Jazeera English
| Aug 24, 2012
As the US presidential campaign of Republican candidate Mitt Romney is sideswiped by a Missouri senate candidate's misunderstanding of biology, we ask if Republicans have a problem with science. It does seem that many in the party have a hard time...
In a speech at the inaugural gala for the Center for Reproductive Rights, comedian Tina Fey blasted politicians, including Todd Akin, for controver...
Cindy and John McCain talks to CNN's Piers Morgan about the GOP, Rep. Todd Akin and what his comments meant.
Rep. Todd Akin defies GOP and stays in his race, compromising chances of a GOP-won Senate majority. Dana Bash reports.