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<LINK rel=stylesheet href="/zimbra/css/msgview.css?v=100202220302"><FONT size=2 face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif"><EM>Below is an email from Kat Barr of the organization UltraViolet. Kat created a petition on SignOn.org, the nonprofit site that allows anyone to start their own online petition. If you have concerns or feedback about this petition, <SPAN id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT509 class=Object><A style="COLOR: rgb(194,35,38)" href="http://civic.moveon.org/signon_feedback/?id=49341-19990636-F4Gq62x&t=1" target=_blank>click here</A></SPAN>.</EM>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT510 class=Object><A href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279167&id=49341-19990636-F4Gq62x&t=2" target=_blank><B>Tell Rep. Akin: Resign over your shameful, ignorant, and dangerous rape comments.</B></A></SPAN> <BR></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">Dear MoveOn member,</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">Victims of "legitimate rape" can't get pregnant because a woman's body will shut down and prevent the pregnancy. Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) actually said that—in other words, he's saying that if a woman does get pregnant, she must not have been raped. Even scarier? He's running—and leading—in the race for Missouri's senate seat.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">What he said was bad, but it was hardly a gaffe or poor choice of words. In 2011 he and Rep. Paul Ryan led the push in the House of Representatives to redefine rape as "forcible rape" in order to further restrict rape survivors' access to abortions. As a state senator, Akin questioned whether anti-marital rape laws would be abused by women in messy divorces.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px"><B>Anyone who doesn't understand basic biology and tries to create more hurdles for rape survivors seeking justice doesn't belong in the United States Congress.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">That's why I created a petition on SignOn<I>.</I>org to Rep. Todd Akin, U.S. House of Representatives, which says:</P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 40px">Rep. Todd Akin, your comments about survivors of rape are shocking and offensive. Anyone who doesn't understand basic biology and wants to create more barriers for rape survivors seeking justice does not belong in the United States Congress. You must resign right away.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px; OVERFLOW: hidden"><B><SPAN id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT512 class=Object><A href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279167&id=49341-19990636-F4Gq62x&t=4" target=_blank>Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.</A></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">Thanks!</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">–Kat Barr, UltraViolet</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px"><EM>This petition was created on SignOn.org, the progressive, nonprofit petition site. SignOn.org is sponsored by MoveOn Civic Action, which is not responsible for the contents of this or other petitions posted on the site. UltraViolet didn't pay us to send this email—we never rent or sell the MoveOn.org list.</EM></P>
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