August 20th, 2012

Ex-Babes in Toyland bassist Maureen Herman’s powerful appeal to Rep. Todd Akin

Dear Mr. Akin,

They say that Missouri is the “Show Me” state. Well, Rep. Akin, I’d like you to meet my daughter. I’d like to show you how dead wrong you are when you say that women rarely get pregnant from rape. I’m writing this letter to let you know that you definitely can, because it happened to me, and I have a 9 year old to prove it.

Read the rest of Maureen Herman’s achingly frank open letter here.

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