Todd Akin

"I'm a dad and that's pretty important."

"Now an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but in fact the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person. All you add is food and climate control, and some time, and the embryo becomes you or me."

"We have a long heritage of freedom that defines America. We believe there is a Creator who blessed us with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

"We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care."

"I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life."

"I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life."