Move over Todd Akin. Step aside Richard Mourdock. Derek Johnson has something totally ignorant to say about rape—namely that women's bodies "will not permit that to happen" if they really don't want it.
Todd Akin's campaign for Senate's TV ads are not running due to a lack of funds, and his "legitimate rape" bungle has made him so unliked that even Karl Rove is cracking jokes about murdering him. But he's still in it win it, telling reporters that he's staying in the race: “I’m not getting out. I’m making that very clear. … I’ve tried to say it about five times.”
Rep. Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" remark may be sinking his Senate campaign in Missouri (though he's not down for the count yet), but he'd be doing just fine in the Roman Senate, according to a post by Andrew Solomon on The New Yorker's website.
Ladies, we know taking a pill at the same time every day is a huge pain. Well, the men of the House GOP have some great tricks to prevent pregnancy without that dumb old pill.
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