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title: Library of Congress Has a Book for Akin
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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# Library of Congress Has a Book for Akin

St. Louis Post-Dispatch • August 21, 2012

> The Library of Congress can suggest a book or two that might enlighten Todd Akin about how women get pregnant.  
>   
> In its current exhibit "Books That Shaped America," one of the 88 books highlighted is the classic "Our Bodies, Ourselves," which the library calls a "groundbreaking publication that presented accurate information on women’s health and sexuality based on their own experiences."

  
**Read the full story:** [Library of Congress Has a Book for Akin](http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/book-blog/article_98f1121c-eba0-11e1-93b6-0019bb30f31a.html) by Jane Henderson

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