Akin releases new ad in effort to save Senate campaign

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 | 7:30 a.m. CDT; updated 11:08 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, August 21, 2012

ST. LOUIS — Rep. Todd Akin vowed to fight on in his embattled Senate campaign, but a significant deadline loomed Tuesday that was bound to intensify pressure on the Missouri congressman to abandon the race over his comments that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape."

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