the presidential nominee in 2008. it brings us back to todd akin s quote/unquote mistake. akin confirmed he meant to use a term not legitimate rape but forcible rape. now forcible rape was the language, the two specific words adopted by the house republicans including akin and paul ryan for hr-3, the no taxpayer fundings for abortions act. forcible rape would mean for instance a 13-year-old girl impregnated by a 40-year-old man, it would mean she couldn t get help if she needed an abortion because the rape wasn t forcible. much like the personhood bill, it would narrow the exceptions to any laws baroing abortions. due to an up ror by abortion rights and civil liberties groups, they agreed to drop the forcible rape language, but the