New Akin ad tries to win over women voters

Representative Todd Akin (R-Missouri) is trying to win back women voters with a campaign ad released Thursday featuring "a rape survivor who says she had an abortion." The woman in the ad, who is a "single mother and full-time student who identifies herself as 'Kelly'" states:

The reasons I'm voting for Todd and that I'm so proud of him is because he defends the unborn. He's a kind man, a compassionate man, he has so much integrity.

After Akin's controversial comment in August "that victims of 'legitimate rape' don't need the option of abortion because they "rarely" become pregnant," the candidate for the U.S. Senate "has made a big push for the support of conservative female voters" including a "Women for Akin" bus tour with Phyllis Schlafly, a conservative, anti-feminist activist. Although Republicans initially distanced themselves from Akin after he is comments, the party has since funneled $700,000 into his campaign.