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A Brief Note On The Ways Of Congress

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Joshua Daubenspeck
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English 101
May 27, 2015
The Ways of Congress
Introduction
“It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare,” Mr. Akin said of pregnancies from rape. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something: I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.”
-Todd Akin, Republican Senate Candidate from Missouri. The quote above was made by Senator Todd Akin (R-Missouri) during an television interview with KVTI and was posted on August 19, 2012 to their website. As constituents, we need to take a major interest in …show more content…

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