More than 200 Republican members of Congress joined Todd Akin in co-sponsoring House Resolution 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, when it contained language restricting the exception for federally funded abortions to "an act of forcible rape or, if a minor, an act of incest."
Forcible rape.
That's not too far from "legitimate rape"...
So vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan can try to backpedal away from Akin as fast as he can, but his name is still on the record in support of that bill, with that language.
He can say he's in line with Mitt Romney and would not ban abortions in the case of rape, but it's his name attached to House Resolution 212: Sanctity of Human Life Act, which would have done just that.
No wonder Romney chose Ryan as his running mate; he admires the speed with which the congressman from Wisconsin flip-flops...
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