Ryan’s Record Of Abortion Opposition Consistent With Akin’s

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Source: Bloomberg

Ryan’s Record Of Abortion Opposition Consistent With Akin’s
By Timothy R. Homan and Steve Walsh - Aug 22, 2012 5:21 AM PT

As a U.S. House member from Wisconsin, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has co-sponsored 38 anti-abortion measures, including some that make no allowance for rape.

Ryan’s level of support outdoes that of his House colleague Todd Akin, who is under pressure from party leaders to step down as the Republican Senate nominee in Missouri after saying that “legitimate rape” rarely leads to pregnancy.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney yesterday called on Akin to quit the race, and campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said Aug. 20 that “a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape.”

Ryan’s co-sponsorships include bills that would restrict government funding and declare that states have the right to protect life beginning at fertilization.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-22/ryan-opposition-to-abortion-consistent-with-akin-s-no-exceptions.html

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