Ravi
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The bill he and Akin co-sponsored would have limited federal funding for abortion coverage to only forcible rape language that was removed from the bill after an uproar from womens rights activists. Though he has since apologized for using the term legitimate rape, Akins wording was seemingly a nod to the notion of forcible rape being the only kind of rape worthy of protections.
Rape is rape. Rape is rape, period. End of story, Ryan said when asked about the idea of forcible rape language that existed in the bill Ryan supported.
Pressed on what Ryan meant when he co-sponsored the bill, Ryan repeated himself: Rape is rape, and theres no splitting hairs over rape.
Paul Ryan Stands By His Abortion Record | TPM2012
Rape is rape. Rape is rape, period. End of story, Ryan said when asked about the idea of forcible rape language that existed in the bill Ryan supported.
Pressed on what Ryan meant when he co-sponsored the bill, Ryan repeated himself: Rape is rape, and theres no splitting hairs over rape.
Paul Ryan Stands By His Abortion Record | TPM2012