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>> and mitt romney has had a lot of different positions on abortion, but either way, they have very absolutist positions, and they come down to one thing, which is to say, i mean, we all -- as ana marie mentioned, rape exceptions, in practice, involve rape victims having to go before a system and prove that what happened to them was bad enough that they should be allowed to not be pregnant anymore. we're talking about, i think it's actually great that they are so absolutist, because we can honestly confront their views and see that basically what they think is that women should be forced to st...

Mitt romney and paul ryan tried to distance themselves from the akin remark, but the fact is they're in lockstep with akin on the major women's health issues of our irin carmon, they are in lockstep with ryan on abortion. >> and mitt romney has had a lot of different positions on abortion, but either way, they have very absolutist positions, and they come down to one thing, which is to say, i mean, we all -- as ana marie mentioned, rape exceptions, in practice, involve rape victims having to go before a system and prove that what happened to them was bad enough that they should be allowed to n...

That their own bodies have betrayed them, that their bodies are telling the world they were not assaulted when in fact they were. simply because they were unfortunate enough to get pregnant as a result of the rape. so what we've got is not only a war on women by refusing to allow rape exceptions to restrictions on abortion, we also have a really demeaning and damaging war on women by offering up this junk science justification for harming women's health care. it's just absolutely outrageous. >> does it show that the republican party will go as far as they have to go with junk science to make t...

Was not raped because a woman who is legitimately or forcibly or really raped can't get pregnant. this is the justification for the policy. the policy itself is outrageous and damaging. the justification actually retrauma tis an victims of sexual assault who are now being told that their own bodies have betrayed them, that their bodies are telling the world that they were not assaulted when, in fact, they were. simply because they were unfortunate enough to get pregnant as a result of the rape. so what we've got is not only a war on women by refusing to allow rape exceptions to restrictions on...

Told that their own bodies have betrayed them, that their bodies are telling the world that they were not assaulted when, in fact, they were. simply because they were unfortunate enough to get pregnant as a result of the rape. so what we've got is not only a war on women by refusing to allow rape exceptions to restrictions on abortion, we also have a really demeaning and damaging war on women by offering up this junk science justification for harming women's health care. it's just absolutely outrageous. >> does it show that the republican party will go as far as they have to go with junk scien...