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The Todd Akin Legitimate Rape Kit Looks About Right (PHOTO)

PHOTO: The Todd Akin Legitimate Rape Kit
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Missouri Rep. Todd Akin made the nation's collective jaw drop on Sunday with the comment that "legitimate rape" victims rarely get pregnant because they have "ways to try to shut that whole thing down." Hear that, ladies? We have magic vaginas!

Comedians have already had a field day mocking the congressman's use of nonsense to support his extreme opposition to abortion on Twitter and the spoofs continue to roll out. Take this little picture from Happy Place, for example. They went ahead and imagined what a pregnancy test might look like if Mr. Akin's theories were in fact true.

As you can imagine, the resulting product and ad are pretty ridiculous:

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