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CoffeeCat

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10. Yes, and Paul Ryan and Akin co-authored a bill that re-defines rape
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 05:34 AM
Aug 2012

I find this totally unbelievable.

We're finally going to get an explanation from Paul Ryan. I always wondered what Paul Ryan meant when he redefined rape as "forcible rape" in the bill HR 3. A bill that he co-authored with the infamous Mr. Akin, by the way.

Medicaid recipients are not allowed to use these funds to pay for abortions, except in cases of rape. Paul Ryan and Mr. Akin spent a great deal of effort and time--crafting a bill that narrowed the definition of rape to "forcible rape."

This would make it more difficult for poor women who are raped without overt violence--to get an abortion. They would be forced to carry those pregnancies to term if Paul Ryan and Mr. Akin had gotten their way.

The bill died because everyone with a functioning conscious was outraged.

Now, Paul Ryan will have a lot of time to explain what exactly "forcible rape" is and what the differences are between rape and "forcible rape."

SICK BASTARD.

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