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Source: TPM
Rep. Steve King, one of the most staunchly conservative members of the House, was one of the few Republicans who did not strongly condemn Rep. Todd Akin Monday for his remarks regarding pregnancy and rape. King also signaled why he might agree with parts of Akins assertion.
King told an Iowa reporter hes never heard of a child getting pregnant from statutory rape or incest.
Well I just havent heard of that being a circumstance thats been brought to me in any personal way, King told KMEG-TV Monday, and Id be open to discussion about that subject matter.
A Democratic source flagged Kings praise of Akin in the KMEG interview to TPM. But potentially more controversial for King is his suggestion that pregnancies from statutory rape or incest dont exist or happen rarely. A 1996 review by the Guttmacher Institute found at least half of all babies born to minor women are fathered by adult men.
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