"Today, the Republican Party demonstrated again why Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are wrong for women in the U.S. The party's committee platform approved an anti-abortion plank that champions a human life amendment to the U.S. Constitution without mentioning any exception for rape, incest or preservation of the health or life of the woman. Yet within the past 24 hours Romney-Ryan have indicated support for rape, incest and life of the woman exceptions to abortion restrictions. So, which is it? If in fact these candidates do support such exceptions, they should renounce the party's failure to include them in its 2012 platform.
Romney and Ryan should also condemn the platform's encouragement of state laws mandating medically unnecessary ultrasounds and waiting periods. These provisions are aimed simply at increasing the cost of abortions and personally humiliating women who seek them. How does this respect women?
One in three women in the U.S. will have an abortion by the age of 45, making this procedure a common and necessary aspect of women's health care needs. Women deserve leaders who will champion their access to the full range of reproductive health services, not those bent on turning the clock back on our fundamental rights."
well written!!! as dissatisfied as i am with where i live (Holland), still a US citizen and still voting even though they're probably not being counted, this is an articulate and succinct summary of the fouls that are becoming the norm at home. it's horrifying. and sad.
What possibly could be going through someone's mind to make such an incredibly stupid comment, especially when running for office? Even if such a thing could possibly true why would he chose to make such a statement knowing full well that it is just going to **** off at least half on his constituency?
You CBS your word filter is about as stupid as the comments Rep Aiken made. Just the other day to prove this point I copied one of your headlines and pasted it into a comment AND YOU CENSORED YOUR OWN HEADLINE. You have morons working on your editorial staff.
Mr. Akin may actually have been speaking from some statistics identifying the incidence of pregnancy as a result of rape, however, the comments remain inappropriate and insensitive to women who have experienced rape.
Any comments related to an incidence of pregnancy in rape cases would be erroneous by nature as not all rape cases are reported.
Mr. Romney was right to rebuke the remarks. Since the comments were made in the public forum, the rebuke needed to be public also.
What romney meast to say is "not the words I would have used". After all, he doesn't have any daughters. But he does have plenty of granddaughers. HEAR THAT RAPISTS, ROMNEY HAS PLENTY OF GRANDDAUGHTER!
Romney's rebuke is purely political. He and Ryan supports the spirit if not the whole of Akin's comments. Akin comment. In fact republican legislation reflects rep. Akins thinking on rape, abortion and women's health care choices.
Willard is just perturbed that Akin gave away the Republicans' poker hand. This is more significant than just Akin...he pulled the curtain back and gave us an inside look at the stench filled, decrepit and putrefying cesspool that is the Republican brain. It's not just Akin who thinks stupid **** like this...wolf-in-sheeps-clothing Paul Ryan hates women too...every single GOP maggot that has been working against President Obama to trash this nation the last three years things and feels this way...no regard for seniors, minority cultures, women, the middle class, education, the arts, healthcare, clean energy...you name it. These filthy despots, these crazy and extreme whack jobs - are out to get you and your Social Security and your Medicare and your educational loans and your general health and well being. All the while President Obama has been knocking off Bin Laden and Al Quaida leaders and Somali Pirates and shoring up America's image around the world, the real enemy has been fighting him and eating at this nation like a cancer. And tumors like Akin are proof of the deep, dank place that IS the Republican party since its hijacking by the crazies.
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Romney and Ryan should also condemn the platform's encouragement of state laws mandating medically unnecessary ultrasounds and waiting periods. These provisions are aimed simply at increasing the cost of abortions and personally humiliating women who seek them. How does this respect women?
One in three women in the U.S. will have an abortion by the age of 45, making this procedure a common and necessary aspect of women's health care needs. Women deserve leaders who will champion their access to the full range of reproductive health services, not those bent on turning the clock back on our fundamental rights."
Any comments related to an incidence of pregnancy in rape cases would be erroneous by nature as not all rape cases are reported.
Mr. Romney was right to rebuke the remarks. Since the comments were made in the public forum, the rebuke needed to be public also.