Here’s a link to the story. Akins is a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Here’s his quote: “First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” So, from something he heard from doctors, Akins is creatively extrapolating , in a science-ish kind of way. Apparently Akin believes the female body can recognize a rape and “shut down” the pregnancy(?) So if a woman is pregnant, it’s really rare that a pregnancy arises from rape, and she must have wanted it? His statement is so confused in its logic it’s difficult to figure out what was going on in his head, but it is clearly wrong, and he shouldn’t be the head of anything that has “science” in its name.