It was embarrassing enough for the GOP when Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican nominee looking to unseat first-term Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri, opened his mouth in a television interview on Aug. 19 about abortion, saying it still shouldn't be legal in cases of rape because victims of "legitimate rape" rarely become pregnant and have ways to "shut that whole thing down.
In less than a week, Republicans began knocking down Akin's door, urging him to bow out of the race for the sake of the party. Several of the former Republican senators of Missouri, including Sen. Roy Blunt, had asked him to step aside, as well as many major players in the GOP movement, including the 42-year-old representative from Wisconsin and the recently selected running mate for Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan.
Days after Akin's controversial comments, Ryan granted an interview to a reporter in what looked to be a hardware store in Virginia and was asked about what he said to Rep. Akin, as well as his general thoughts on pro-life and abortion. Specifically, Ryan was asked about the issue of rape and whether or not it should be legal for a woman to get an abortion if she had conceived through rape.
"Well I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea, the position, that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life."
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