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40,000 sign Planned Parenthood petition on Akin

Todd Akin
U.S. House of Representatives

Supporters of Planned Parenthood have delivered petitions with 40,000 signatures to the office Republican Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, expressing anger and outrage over comments he made about rape.

About a dozen advocates and supporters of Planned Parenthood gathered at Akin's district congressional office in suburban St. Louis on Wednesday to deliver the petitions. Akin aide Steve Taylor collected them and invited five of the protesters in for a face-to-face meeting.

Akin, the Republican nominee in the Senate race, has been at the center of criticism since an Aug. 19 TV interview in which he said that in cases of what he called "legitimate" rape, a woman's body is able prevent pregnancy. He has since apologized many times for the word "legitimate" and said his facts about preventing conception were wrong.

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