In August 2012, Akin addressed a suggestion that there should be a broad rape exception for limiting abortion. He distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," an ambiguous word choice that the [[liberal media]] then took out of context. | In August 2012, Akin addressed a suggestion that there should be a broad rape exception for limiting abortion. He distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," an ambiguous word choice that the [[liberal media]] then took out of context. |