It's nice that the Romney campaign is distancing itself from this guy NOW, since not so long ago, Akin and Ryan teamed up to co sponsor a very important bill restricting abortion funding and trying to redefine "mere" rape as FORCIBLE RAPE. Apparently the degree of force is an important difference to Repug legislators.
"Akin and Ryan were the original co-sponsors of the controversial bill H.R. 3, “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” which initially included language which changed the definition of “rape” to “forcible rape,” until public pressure forced the bill’s supporters to remove that unacceptable and narrow definition. As I wrote previously, Paul Ryan is not just anti-choice, his anti-choice views are extreme and just plain bad for all women. "
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/the_rumble/2012/08/todd-akin-paul-ryan-and-the-very-real-war-on-women