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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...

And congressman ryan disagree with mr. akins statement. a romney/ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. thats new. thats new for paul ryan at least. and its sort of new for mitt romney, too. since that initial statement was released, paul ryan has made no less than six public appearances. how has he avoided it at all these appearances, being asked about the brand new policy position hes advocating now that he wants to be vice president. its in total contradiction to ...

And he said he would let the 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 ...

United states congress voting on issues that are impacting womens access to health care. >> and paul ryan votes just like him. lets look at this statement that the romney campaign put out today, saying, governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akins statement and a romney/ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. joey reed, that is in direct contradiction to what we just heard mitt romney say. >> yeah, absolutely. and its in direct contradiction to paul ry...

But he wasnt calling him to agree with him despite their agreements in the past. in a campaign statement, the romney camp wrote, governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akins statement and a romney/ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. mitt romney delivered his own harsh criticism of todd akin later today. >> his comments about rape were deeply offensive. and i cant defend what he said. i cant defend him. >> mitt romney did not defend todd akin. but h...

Perhaps, on the party. but lets face it, he and a lot of folks like him are now in the united states congress voting on issues that are impacting womens access to health care. >> and paul ryan votes just like him. lets look at this statement that the romney campaign put out today, saying, governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akins statement and a romney/ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. joey reed, that is in direct contradiction to what we just...

Running for congress in 1998, they said, quote, "ripe has said he favors only one exception to a ban, to save a womans life." only one exception. what about rape? now, let me give you a sound from mr. romney about banning all abortions during 2007 debate. listen to this. >> i would welcome a circumstance where there was such a consensus in this country that we said, we dont want to have abortion, period, that would be wonderful. id be delighted. >> would you sipe that bill? >> id be delighted to...

That whole thing down. lets assume maybe that didnt work or something. i think there should be punishment but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child. >> now, it is unclear what he meant by quote, unquote, legitimate rape and i have never heard of any biological mechanisms that kick in to stave off an unwanted pregnancy. immediately a host of republicans denounced the comments including the romney-ryan campaign. quote, governor romney and congressman ryan disagree wi...

Vote for the obama-biden ticket and against this radical ticket. we also have paul ryan, not only joining with akip n on redefini rape, but the personhood amendment that would put women, doctors in jail and defending planned parenthood that givens services, health services, not abortion services. health services to 3 million people, 97% of what they do is health, 3% is exercising a womans right to choose. so, thats where we stand here. >> and ryan with a cosponsor on many of these bills with thi...

Comments the romney/ryan campaign released a statement reading governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akins statement and a romney/ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. >> mark, let me ask you, is that enough? is that what -- do they need to condemn it more harshly or is that enough? >> i think its a surprisingly rapid and good first step. i think theyll probably both have to answer about it. love to see what happens with akin and other republicans. ...