Why Missouri's Students Might Believe Todd Akin's Junk Science

Why Missouri’s Students Might Believe Todd Akin’s Junk Science
FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 file photograph, Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, waves to the crowd while introduced at a senate candidate forum during a Republican conference in Kansas City, Mo. In the Aug. 7, 2012 primary, voters will decide who will challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 file photograph, Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, waves to the crowd while introduced at a senate candidate forum during a Republican conference in Kansas City, Mo. In the Aug. 7, 2012 primary, voters will decide who will challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Addressing the controversy surrounding Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) offensive comments that “legitimate rape” doesn’t lead to pregnancy, President Obama joked last night at a fundraiser that the Missouri Senate candidate must have “somehow missed science class.” Obama’s point that Akin must not be aware of the actual science behind female sexuality, conception, and sexual assault is well-taken. However, the uncomfortable reality is that an entire generation of current Missouri students are likely to be just as uninformed about the same subjects.

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