UPDATE: Todd Akin stays in Missouri Senate race after issuing apology for rape comment

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 | 1:03 p.m. CDT; updated 4:26 p.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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