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And a crackdown on rape and incest victims is a common position among candidates. >> when it comes to rape and the issue of should it be legal for a woman to be able to get an abortion if shes -- >> im very proud of my pro life record. and i have always adopted the idea, the position that the method of conception doesnt change the definition of life. >> rape doesnt change what were going to force this woman to do. paul ryan just like todd akin wants the government to have the power to regulate t...

That would allow you to still make a decision on your own pregnancy while victims of other subtypes of rape would not get that privilege in paul ryans america. paul ryan was an original cosponsor of the bill to redefine rape, to make it harder on rape victims who wanted to get an abortion. as our own kelly odonnell reported, he attempted to redefine rape a year earlier, offering another piece of legislation that allowed for abortion in limits circumstances, quote, unless the pregnancy is the res...

System that stops taxpayer funds going to pay for abortions. their idea is that there are people, especially teenagers or the pro-choice people, who are saying, teenagers who get pregnant, who claim statutory rape, that means sex with minors, theyre gaming the system. so its worth, worth driving these people down the path of pregnancy, whether or not theyre rape victims, just to stop some people from gaming the system. think about that. that means we want more teenage mothers, we want more rape ...

Pittsburgh. paul ryan as you know has the exact same position as todd akin when it comes to abortion, when it comes to pregnancy and rape and how much sway the government has over your decisions in those matters. both men think rape victims should be forced by the government to bear their rapists child against their will. when paul ryan was asked about that position by a local reporter in pittsburgh, he did everything he could to not answer for his own positions. amazing. >> his statements were ...

Make a decision on your own pregnancy while victims of other subtypes of rape would not get that privilege in paul ryans america. paul ryan was an original cosponsor of the bill to redefine rape, to make it harder on rape victims who wanted to get an abortion. as our own kelly odonnell reported, he attempted to redefine rape a year earlier, offering another piece of legislation that allowed for abortion in limits circumstances, quote, unless the pregnancy is the result of an act of forcible rape...

Category? you need that new category to distinguish that kind of rape from other kinds of rape. to single out a subclass of rape that would allow you to still make a decision on your own pregnancy while victims of other subtypes of rape would not get that privilege in paul ryans america. paul ryan was an original cosponsor of the bill to redefine rape, to make it harder on rape victims who wanted to get an abortion. as our own kelly odonnell reported, he attempted to redefine rape a year earlier...

Missing from the uproar is theres a reason people keep talking about this crazy theory. theres a reason the antiabortion right had to invent this easily disprovable lie about basic human biology in the first place. every time it surfaces in the mainstream, it gets debunked, but even after debunking, it keeps circulating on the antiabortion right. why do they keep bringing it back? if you believe that rape victims dont get pregnant, you dont have to feel bad about using the law against impregnate...

States decide what criminal penalties would be attached to abortions. this is a nice detail. ryan said he has never specifically advocated jailing women who have abortions or doctors who perform them, but he added, if its illegal, its illegal. so presumably the states would make it illegal and would prescribe jail terms for women and that would be okay with him. paul ryan even in his first run for congress was running on criminalizing abortion with no exceptions for rape victims and incest victi...

Theres a reason people keep talking about this crazy theory. theres a reason the antiabortion right had to invent this easily disprovable lie about basic human biology in the first place. every time it surfaces in the mainstream, it gets debunked, but even after debunking, it keeps circulating on the antiabortion right. why do they keep bringing it back? if you believe that rape victims dont get pregnant, you dont have to feel bad about using the law against impregnated rape victims. after all, ...

Talking about this crazy theory. theres a reason the antiabortion right had to invent this easily disprovable lie about basic human biology in the first place. every time it surfaces in the mainstream, it gets debunked, but even after debunking, it keeps circulating on the antiabortion right. why do they keep bringing it back? if you believe that rape victims dont get pregnant, you dont have to feel bad about using the law against impregnated rape victims. after all, they dont exist. todd akin s...